Eric Sunshine wrote: > On Thu, Jun 3, 2021 at 9:11 PM Felipe Contreras > <felipe.contreras@xxxxxxxxx> 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? Your statement. > > 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. > > 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. -- Felipe Contreras
