Re: Gmail OAuth2 in git send-email

> Eric Sunshine wrote:
> > Google requires 2fa to be enabled in order to create app passwords,
> 
> That doesn't make sense.
> 
> 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.
> 
> 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.
> 
> > > 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)
> 
> All you need to enable 2fa is demonstrate that you can *use* 2fa... So
> you need an OTP client.