On 9/6/22 17:29, Alex Perez wrote: > Jonathan, > > Your perspective on costs seems extremely developed-country-centric, and > I'd like to suggest you check your (financial) privilege. I don't know > where you're from; I'm from the US, but I am well aware of the reality > of many open source contributors from countries where the exchange rate > against the US dollar is awful. > > You may not see this sort of cost as a barrier to contribution, but I > can assure you that other casual contributors may, and likely would. You > have to realize that the cost of the token isn't necessarily the only > factor that contributes to the overall cost of obtaining such a device. > International shipping costs can easily triple this dollar amount, to > say nothing of other associated costs such as import duties, etc. There > are plenty of countries where such tokens are not domestically > available, and must be shipped from abroad. > > This just isn't as simple or straightforward as you seem to want it to > be. Erecting financial barriers to contribution is dangerous, and has > unintended consequences.
Yes, this stinks. Unfortunately, there are no good alternatives I am aware of. The closest I can think of is some form of software FIDO2 implementation. Qubes OS will hopefully have one eventually, but I am not sure if it will be usable outside of Qubes OS and maybe SpectrumOS. Another option is a TPM-based authenticator. Would this be acceptable? -- Sincerely, Demi Marie Obenour (she/her/hers) _______________________________________________ devel mailing list -- devel@lists.fedoraproject.org To unsubscribe send an email to devel-le...@lists.fedoraproject.org Fedora Code of Conduct: https://docs.fedoraproject.org/en-US/project/code-of-conduct/ List Guidelines: https://fedoraproject.org/wiki/Mailing_list_guidelines List Archives: https://lists.fedoraproject.org/archives/list/devel@lists.fedoraproject.org Do not reply to spam, report it: https://pagure.io/fedora-infrastructure/new_issue
