> On Jun 14, 2021, at 5:02 PM, Tim Peters <tim.pet...@gmail.com> wrote: > > [Brett] >> ... >> Please make sure you have a unique password for your GitHub account >> and that you have 2FA/MFA turned on (I honestly think we should start >> requiring this ... > > I use 2FA on sites that cater to my reality ;-) That is, I don't have > a smartphone, or a cell phone of any kind, or any device capable of > scanning QR codes, or, as far as I know, capable of receiving SMS msgs > (unless there's some way of tricking a desktop PC into doing so). > > In its infinite wisdom, the US Social Security system started > requiring stuff like the above for recipients to log in to their SS > web accounts. Which was a disaster. While they should have known this > in advance, I'm not the only US senior content to live with a desktop > PC and a landline ;-) > > SS soon changed to send a "security code" to your account's registered > email address instead. That works fine. Several other sites do the > same. My bank has an automated system that calls my (landline) phone > number, and a computer-generated voice tells me a one-time security > code for me to type in. Also fine. > > But reading the Github 2FA docs, they don't _appear_ to offer any > method I could use. Things "I have" are a desktop PC, an email > address, and a landline phone number. That's it. > _______________________________________________
You can a Yubikey for like $15? or so and use that for best in class 2fa. You can also get an app for your desktop PC that can do TOTP codes (1Password has it built in, I’ve never used any of these applications though). _______________________________________________ python-committers mailing list -- python-committers@python.org To unsubscribe send an email to python-committers-le...@python.org https://mail.python.org/mailman3/lists/python-committers.python.org/ Message archived at https://mail.python.org/archives/list/python-committers@python.org/message/3OYGIZB3FYOT55FR34MKMU6QSCTMNQZA/ Code of Conduct: https://www.python.org/psf/codeofconduct/
