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When I was studying we had to use the computers in uni when presenting homework. It gets really annoying when you want to sign into $service on those machines,

When I was studying we had to use the computers in uni when presenting homework. It gets really annoying when you want to sign into $service on those machines, but you need to use a magic link. Because the you need to login into your gmail, which requires an additional 2fa (and you can’t receive sms in a building that has 6 stories but no femto cells). Unfortunately google requires either their app or SMS. They dropped pure totp for some reason. Awful experience.

tpxl 4y ago
> Unfortunately google requires either their app or SMS. They dropped pure totp for some reason. Gmail TOTP still works fine?
- richrichardsson 4y ago
  Yup, but it seems it will default to "click the notification on your phone" as soon as you've signed in on a phone. You need to click "try another way", even if you've explicitly told them that TOTP is your preferred default.
CorrectHorseBat 4y ago
If you first enable app or sms then you can add totp (that was my experience at least)
FeistySkink 4y ago
Also hardware keys work just fine with Google.
cyphar 4y ago
> Unfortunately google requires either their app or SMS. They dropped pure totp for some reason. I use TOTP with my Google Account all the time. If you have a phone registered with that Google Account it will default to the push notification system first (it might even be possible to make this no longer the default, I'm not sure), but you can always click the button to switch to alternative 2FA options.
goosesanta 4y ago
> for some reason Google plainly dropped totp wherever possible in order to confirm everyone's identity. Totp was an open standard that didn't help them spy on anyone, and they regret releasing it bigtime.
RulerOf 4y ago
>Unfortunately google requires either their app or SMS. They dropped pure totp for some reason. You have to add a phone number, turn that on for 2fa. Then you can add TOTP. Then you can disable SMS. SMS will still work for at least a week because fuck you.

tpxl 4y ago

> Unfortunately google requires either their app or SMS. They dropped pure totp for some reason. Gmail TOTP still works fine?

richrichardsson 4y ago
Yup, but it seems it will default to "click the notification on your phone" as soon as you've signed in on a phone. You need to click "try another way", even if you've explicitly told them that TOTP is your preferred default.

CorrectHorseBat 4y ago

If you first enable app or sms then you can add totp (that was my experience at least)

FeistySkink 4y ago

Also hardware keys work just fine with Google.

cyphar 4y ago

> Unfortunately google requires either their app or SMS. They dropped pure totp for some reason. I use TOTP with my Google Account all the time. If you have a phone registered with that Google Account it will default to the push notification system first (it might even be possible to make this no longer the default, I'm not sure), but you can always click the button to switch to alternative 2FA options.

goosesanta 4y ago

> for some reason Google plainly dropped totp wherever possible in order to confirm everyone's identity. Totp was an open standard that didn't help them spy on anyone, and they regret releasing it bigtime.

RulerOf 4y ago

>Unfortunately google requires either their app or SMS. They dropped pure totp for some reason. You have to add a phone number, turn that on for 2fa. Then you can add TOTP. Then you can disable SMS. SMS will still work for at least a week because fuck you.