Re: Gmail OAuth2 in git send-email

On 2021-06-03 20:11:45-0500, Felipe Contreras [off-list ref] wrote:

Eric Sunshine wrote:

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Google requires 2fa to be enabled in order to create app passwords,

That doesn't make sense.

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.

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.

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And of course you don't need them for the second step authentication
either, you can use any OTP client:

  https://github.com/paolostivanin/OTPClient

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.

In the past, when I tried to enable 2FA, Google always asks for my
Phone Number because of *security* and *safety* reason.

I tried to create a new Google account to double check my memory,
Google now requires a phone number in order to *create* new Google
accounts.

-- 
Danh