Andrew Schwarzkopf wrote: > At that link, the second suggestion does not apply because I have not > enabled 2-factor authentication.
I think it's often enabled implicitly (e.g. if you give them your cell phone number) these days. > The first suggestion could work (I haven't tried it), but I am > reluctant to make my Google account "less secure" by allowing "less > secure apps". My understanding is that apps that use OAuth2 > authentication (as do the native Google apps) will not get this error > message. Hence, I am asking whether Pidgin natively supports OAuth2, > or whether there is a plugin that enables support for OAuth2. Not right now. You'll have to decide whether it's worth it. > For example, it seems that there is a blogging plugin (e.g. for > Twitter) that uses a form of OAuth. > > http://www.krisbuytaert.be/blog/pidgin-and-oauth > https://code.google.com/archive/p/microblog-purple/ > > If there is such a plugin for GChat, that would be ideal. There's one from Nakul's GSoC project last year. It implements the (non-XMPP) Hangouts protocol and supports a bunch of new features. I don't know when it'll be generally available. _______________________________________________ Support@pidgin.im mailing list Want to unsubscribe? Use this link: https://pidgin.im/cgi-bin/mailman/listinfo/support