Re: Gmail OAuth2 in git send-email

Eric Sunshine wrote:

On Thu, Jun 3, 2021 at 9:11 PM Felipe Contreras
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Eric Sunshine wrote:

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

That doesn't make sense.

What doesn't make sense? My statement?

Your statement.

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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.

No. Google doesn't require app passwords, nor 2fa.

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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.

Perhaps, but they don't requier 2fa. If you don't want to use 2fa, then
use regular passwords.

Or just don't use Gmail.

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Felipe Contreras