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GitHub to require 2FA on accounts by October 6, 2023
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this post was submitted on 22 Aug 2023
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2fa should be mandatory everywhere
Hard disagree. I do not want to have 2FA for every shittly little thing I do not care about.
Yeah. GitHub makes sense because most users are writing code that can be executed by others. That makes GitHub accounts security critical.
But a Lemmy account? Naw, you lose almost nothing if that gets compromised. A little bit of history and subscriptions, mostly.
I'm in a discord that for some reason "requires" 2FA. Based on searching, I think they give everyone some kinda admin role or something? It doesn't actually require 2FA, but it shows a very annoying warning that covers up a bunch of the channel selection screen. But despite that, I don't really wanna deal with the hassle of 2FA on a chat app that's basically consequence free for me if it gets exploited.
Specifically app-based 2FA, ideally Google Authenticator based. There are tons of great authenticator apps available that are all compatible, so it should absolutely be preferred over SMS or email.