Well, apparently my home phone does not receive SMS messages. Maybe they are blocked by the phone company. I'll see what is the dumbest kind of cellphones I can find in town (when shops are open — it's now 5:48 am my time). I'll see if I can use my existing SIM card (so my friends can still call the same number) but I guess the numbers stored in my existing cellphone memory are lost. We'll see.
Best regards, Tony. On Tue, May 24, 2016 at 2:07 AM, Dave Townsend <dtowns...@mozilla.com> wrote: > Github supports using SMS as the 2nd factor in many countries (Belgium > included) so a smartphone is not always required. > > https://help.github.com/articles/countries-where-sms-authentication-is-supported/ > > On Mon, May 23, 2016 at 3:50 PM, Jared Hirsch <6...@mozilla.com> wrote: >> >> 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.) >> > _______________________________________________ >> > dev-platform mailing list >> > dev-platform@lists.mozilla.org >> > https://lists.mozilla.org/listinfo/dev-platform >> > >> _______________________________________________ >> dev-platform mailing list >> dev-platform@lists.mozilla.org >> https://lists.mozilla.org/listinfo/dev-platform > > _______________________________________________ dev-platform mailing list dev-platform@lists.mozilla.org https://lists.mozilla.org/listinfo/dev-platform
