A smartphone isn't required to generate 2FA TOTP/HOTP codes. Have a look at
the OATH toolkit:

http://www.nongnu.org/oath-toolkit/

Cheers,

Jared


On Mon, May 23, 2016 at 3:27 PM, <antoine.mechely...@gmail.com> wrote:

> On Monday, May 23, 2016 at 2:29:02 PM UTC+2, Lawrence Mandel wrote:
> > You can ignore this email if you are not a member of the GitHub Mozilla
> > organization.
> >
> > Starting on June 20th, the GitHub Mozilla organization will require Two
> > Factor Authentication (2FA). We’re implementing 2FA for security reasons
> --
> >  if you lose or have your password stolen, 2FA provides an extra layer of
> > defense to prevent your account from being compromised. This change has
> > already been rolled out for Admins, and is now being extended for all
> > members.
> >
> > You can learn more about GitHub and 2FA at
> > https://help.github.com/articles/about-two-factor-authentication/
> >
> > Please see https://wiki.mozilla.org/Github for more information about
> using
> > GitHub at Mozilla, or find us on #github on irc.mozilla.org.
> >
> > Thanks,
> >
> > Lawrence
>
> Sorry, but IIUC setting up 2FA requires a smartphone and I don't have one.
> Not only I never had a smartphone, but my dumb cellphone recently got its
> screen broken down so the only thing it is still good for is receiving
> voice communications. To read or send SMSes I need the screen, and so do I
> to see where an incoming phone call (which I couldn't immediately answer)
> or a message came from.
> I have a house phone (on a line); it uses tones, not strings of 1 to 10
> impulses, and I think it can receive but not send SMS messages; also, for
> security against unscrupulous neighbours it is restricted to sending only
> domestic calls (within Belgium). (Incoming calls can come from anywhere.)
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