From: Eric Sunshine <sunshine@sunshineco.com>
To: Felipe Contreras <felipe.contreras@gmail.com>
Cc: Konstantin Ryabitsev <konstantin@linuxfoundation.org>,
Bagas Sanjaya <bagasdotme@gmail.com>,
Git Users <git@vger.kernel.org>
Subject: Re: Gmail OAuth2 in git send-email
Date: Fri, 4 Jun 2021 00:10:09 -0400 [thread overview]
Message-ID: <CAPig+cSXbCTymdrUOZwFBeUNMWuhnGb91Ar9Jth2cHCG2xav+g@mail.gmail.com> (raw)
In-Reply-To: <60b97dd1acd9d_3a18272087b@natae.notmuch>
On Thu, Jun 3, 2021 at 9:11 PM Felipe Contreras
<felipe.contreras@gmail.com> wrote:
> Eric Sunshine wrote:
> > Google requires 2fa to be enabled in order to create app passwords,
>
> That doesn't make sense.
What doesn't make sense? My statement? Or Google's requirements?
> It's like complaining that you need to lose a limb in order to use
> prostetics...
> App passwords are a suboptimal solution in case you cannot use 2fa for a
> certain application.
Nevertheless, that's what Google requires.
> If you cannot use 2fa for any application, then don't enable 2fa, and
> then you don't need an app password. Just use your regular password.
Google has been clamping down on "regular password" use for
third-party applications/sign-ins for several years now and they
heavily discourage it. It is still possible to do it, though, by
enabling "Less secure apps" explicitly[1]. However, when "Less secure
apps" is enabled, they regularly send messages "strongly suggesting"
turning it off. I won't be surprised if the "Less secure apps" option
disappears at some point.
> > Thanks, that's an interesting bit of information, though if a person
> > can't enable 2fa in the first place, then... (intentionally left
> > blank)
>
> All you need to enable 2fa is demonstrate that you can *use* 2fa... So
> you need an OTP client.
I'd be happy to see concrete instructions explaining how to accomplish
all of this since each time I attempted it, Google's instructions led
me in endless circles, with each cycle always asking for (er,
requiring) my non-existent phone number.
[1]: https://support.google.com/accounts/answer/6010255/less-secure-apps-amp-your-google-account
next prev parent reply other threads:[~2021-06-04 4:11 UTC|newest]
Thread overview: 31+ messages / expand[flat|nested] mbox.gz Atom feed top
2021-06-03 5:02 Gmail OAuth2 in git send-email Bagas Sanjaya
2021-06-03 5:48 ` ZheNing Hu
2021-06-03 6:08 ` Jonathan Nieder
2021-06-03 6:26 ` Eric Sunshine
2021-06-03 8:28 ` Ævar Arnfjörð Bjarmason
2021-06-03 17:46 ` Felipe Contreras
2021-06-03 18:21 ` Andreas Schwab
2021-06-03 19:01 ` Felipe Contreras
2021-06-04 1:49 ` Jonathan Nieder
2021-06-04 2:39 ` Jonathan Nieder
2021-06-04 3:44 ` Felipe Contreras
2021-06-03 18:08 ` Konstantin Ryabitsev
2021-06-03 18:25 ` Eric Sunshine
2021-06-03 18:32 ` Konstantin Ryabitsev
2021-06-03 19:02 ` Michal Suchánek
2021-06-03 19:07 ` Konstantin Ryabitsev
2021-06-03 19:23 ` Michal Suchánek
2021-06-03 23:42 ` Eric Sunshine
2021-06-03 19:06 ` Felipe Contreras
2021-06-03 23:35 ` Eric Sunshine
2021-06-04 1:11 ` Felipe Contreras
2021-06-04 1:49 ` Đoàn Trần Công Danh
2021-06-04 2:07 ` Felipe Contreras
2021-06-04 2:11 ` Đoàn Trần Công Danh
2021-06-04 3:45 ` Felipe Contreras
2021-06-04 5:21 ` Đoàn Trần Công Danh
2021-06-04 6:00 ` Felipe Contreras
2021-06-04 6:23 ` Đoàn Trần Công Danh
2021-06-04 13:32 ` Felipe Contreras
2021-06-04 4:10 ` Eric Sunshine [this message]
2021-06-04 5:35 ` Felipe Contreras
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