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How to bypass GitHub's new 'Enable two-factor authentication'.
Shonky:
--- Quote from: BrianHG on August 17, 2023, 05:22:12 am ---Are you saying I need to buy some hardware to access GitHub?
I'm beginning to like 'KE5FX's idea except I know I will never get any traffic with some blind web page out there.
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No. You could use SMS or an authenticator app (mobile or Windows based) or the Github mobile app. You're well aware of this. Again you're just ignoring reality because you don't like it.
You want "traffic"? For what? You're happy to use the free service provided but not happy to use it as is?
If you create your own web page/server/whatever you can do what you want with it. That seems like your best option at this point.
ejeffrey:
--- Quote from: BrianHG on August 17, 2023, 05:22:12 am ---
Are you saying I need to buy some hardware to access GitHub?
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No you need a software or hardware second factor not both.
It's really not that hard, it's clearly documented. It's true the most common path involves using smartphone apps and if that's not an option for you you will have to look a bit closer. Go read the Wikipedia article on TOTP or the GitHub documentation that is linked above. All the answers are there and it shouldn't take you more than 10 minutes to set up and is available for essentially every platform in existence.
Jeroen3:
Comparison of OTP applications
EPAIII:
I looked up GitHub. QUOTE,
"GitHub, Inc. is a platform and cloud-based service for software development and version control using Git, allowing developers to store and manage their code."
So if you want to be a developer, you need to put your code, YOUR CREATION on a cloud based service where others can hack into it and steal it?
Welcome to the new world order!
Why can't a developer just store the code on their own computer until it is time to sell it? And then sell it any way they want? Oh, wait! Oh, wait, that would mean that others won't control it and profit from your work. Yep, I think I have it now.
Gotta run and answer that angry knocking at my door - in the middle of the night. I probably won't be back. Bye!
RoGeorge:
--- Quote from: BrianHG on August 17, 2023, 05:22:12 am ---
--- Quote from: ejeffrey on August 17, 2023, 04:01:54 am --- The USB security key is just a simple USB device with a touch sensor. It's the most secure option but requires special hardware. It's not terribly expensive but it isn't free.
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Are you saying I need to buy some hardware to access GitHub?
I'm beginning to like 'KE5FX's idea except I know I will never get any traffic with some blind web page out there.
--- End quote ---
Could self host your files, of course, but if you want some public repository hosting website (without mandatory 2FA), there is GitLab (not GitHub). GitLab does about the same things as GitHub, it's free for individual users https://about.gitlab.com/pricing/ , and doesn't require 2FA.
Even more, once you'll login into your GitLab account, you can import your project(s) from GitHub into GitLab with a few clicks from the GitLab webpage. Many users imported their repositories from GitHub to GitLab, and never looked back. Some also deleted their code from GitHub, others left an unmaintained copy on GitHub, too.
You can try importing your projects into GitLab anyway, whether you get 2FA for GitHub or not, and see if you like it:
https://gitlab.com
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