Passwords begone: GitHub will ban them next year for authenticating Git operations
Prepare for two brownouts in July when things get tested properly Share Copy Microsoft's GitHub plans to stop accepting account passwords as a way to authenticate Git operations, starting August 13, 2021, following a test period without passwords two-weeks earlier. The planned change does not affect the ability to login to a GitHub account in a web browser with a username, password, and perhaps a second authentication factor, like a passcode sent to a mobile device or a Time-based One Time (TOTP) code. Instead, it applies to Git operations – the commands and APIs for interacting wit...
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