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How is everyone handling the 2FA requirement for GitHub? (docs.github.com)
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Just wondering what people are using to meet the 2FA requirement GitHub has been rolling out. I don't love the idea of having an authenticator app installed on my phone just to log into GitHub. And really don't want to give them my phone number just to log in.

Last year, we announced our commitment to require all developers who contribute code on GitHub.com to enable two-factor authentication (2FA)...

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[–] chebra@mstdn.io 3 points 5 months ago (2 children)

@chevy9294 @thingsiplay

On android you can use https://f-droid.org/en/packages/org.projectmaxs.module.smsnotify/ - forwards incoming sms to XMPP

[–] chevy9294@monero.town 3 points 5 months ago

Thanks but I'll be running postmarketOS and make sms forwarder myself.

[–] thingsiplay@beehaw.org 3 points 5 months ago

Interesting software. Never heard about this. This is not really for me as I don't do SMS authentification or SMS in general or use that phone at all, other then authenticate myself from time to time. I wonder how this differs from software like KDEConnect in its practically (not in the technical implementation differences).