FWIW: There used to be a way to enable insecure applications under google account.
-T On Sun, Jun 12, 2022, 13:08 Tomas Kuchta <tomas.kuchta.li...@gmail.com> wrote: > I use on-line accounts in gnome and/or kde. They are so called "secure > authentication apps". They in turn provide authentication via gnome/kde key > wallets to my emai client - in my case evolution. > > Tomas > > On Sat, Jun 11, 2022, 23:58 Russell Senior <russ...@personaltelco.net> > wrote: > >> And, there are other authenticator apps that also work. They use a >> shared key plus time to generate a six digit code that changes every >> 30 seconds. >> >> TOTP >> >> https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Time-based_one-time_password for details. >> >> >> On Sat, Jun 11, 2022 at 8:43 PM Randy Bush <ra...@psg.com> wrote: >> > >> > >> In order to fix the issue you have to enable two >> > >> factor authentication on your Google account. >> > > >> > > Jesus Christ is Google hungry for phone numbers. >> > >> > no. it's the millions they make off the free 2fa google authenticator >> > app. </snark> >> > >> > 2fs need not be a text message. in fact, texts are worse and worse for >> > 2fa. >> > >> > randy, who is not a big google fan but uses the authenticator >> >
