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GitHub to require 2FA on accounts by October 6, 2023 (github.blog)

submitted 10 months ago* (last edited 10 months ago) by [email protected] to c/[email protected]

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I personally am fine with this.

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[–] [email protected] 1 points 10 months ago* (last edited 10 months ago) (1 children)

It's pretty hard to hand-write a QR code, I don't wish to pay the printer cartel $50 for the privilege of printing it, and it would of course be horribly insecure to print it with someone else's printer.

And how would I use the QR code? I can't scan it with my phone's camera because allowing my phone access to my GitHub account is a security risk, and I can't scan it with my desktop because it doesn't have a camera.

So, how is this going to work? How do I recover my GitHub account without making it less secure than it is with just a password?

[–] [email protected] 3 points 10 months ago* (last edited 10 months ago)

Is this some kind of joke that's going over my head?

If not: The QR code alone doesn't give you access to the account. That's the entire point of 2FA. Plus, you always get a ~20 character code that can be backed up instead of the QR code. Screenshots are also a thing.