[python-committers] Security: please enable 2-factor authentication on GitHub and your email

[Alex Gaynor]

They require a preference to be enabled, but yeah, Security Keys in Firefox
Quantum 🎉
https://mobile.twitter.com/jamespugjones/status/912314952232267777

Alex

On Tue, Dec 12, 2017 at 11:21 AM, Antoine Pitrou <antoine at python.org> wrote:

>
> If some people are inclined to push for 2FA, I think it would be more
> productive to write some kind of document giving advice and suggestions
> and addressing all potential issues (such as backups, cross-platform
> compatibility, software integration with various tools, etc.).  For
> example I have 2FA enabled on Github but I just learned that U2F keys
> are supposed to work with Firefox 57.0.
>
> Regards
>
> Antoine.
>
>
> Le 12/12/2017 à 17:12, Brett Cannon a écrit :
> >
> >
> > On Tue, Dec 12, 2017, 05:07 M.-A. Lemburg, <mal at egenix.com
> > <mailto:mal at egenix.com>> wrote:
> >
> >     I'm with David on this one. 2FA is good for admin accounts, but
> >     doesn't add much protection for regular committers. Think of what
> >     you're trying to protect against: git checkins are all audited and
> >     can easily be undone.
> >
> >
> > But David has an admin account for the repo. 😉 Anyway, it sounds like
> > we're not going to force this in anyone, but perhaps it might be worth
> > considering for admin accounts since they control whether force pushes
> > are possible.
> >
> > -brett
> >
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