How is everyone handling the 2FA requirement for GitHub? (docs.github.com)

submitted 5 months ago* (last edited 5 months ago) by StorageB@lemmy.one to c/opensource@lemmy.ml

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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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[-] isVeryLoud@lemmy.ca 2 points 5 months ago

ITT: People who think they know better than security researchers

[-] marting@fosstodon.org 1 points 5 months ago

@StorageB If you prefer command line tools for this, I recommend oathtool. https://www.nongnu.org/oath-toolkit/oathtool.1.html

[-] StorageB@lemmy.one 1 points 5 months ago

This looks pretty good. Will look into this option for sure. Thanks for the suggestion!

[-] whoisthedoktor@lemmy.wtf 1 points 5 months ago

Contributing to github is contributing to Microsoft's AI poison which can steal your code from you regardless of license for another project that might use an incompatible license. To hell with github.

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