On Thu, Jun 3, 2021 at 3:06 PM Felipe Contreras <felipe.contreras@xxxxxxxxx> wrote: > Eric Sunshine wrote: > > The 2fa requirement is a problem for those of us who don't have > > smartphones or SMS. > > You don't need either of those with an app password: > > https://support.google.com/mail/answer/185833/sign-in-using-app-passwords Google requires 2fa to be enabled in order to create app passwords, and to enable 2fa requires a phone or a physical security device, so I'm afraid I don't see how your suggestion is supposed to work for people lacking such devices. > 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)
