Questions about Linux Mint and this list

[Ralf Mardorf]

On Fri, 22 Jul 2022 12:33:40 +0200, Liam Proven wrote:
>Ubuntu One signon is a pain, and it's the only sign-on system with a
>_confirmation screen_ I know, which annoys me massively.

Hi,

that's not what I dislike. At least Ubuntu One does work nowadays. In
it early days it was slow, if working at all.

OTOH GitHub is a PITA:



"We just sent your authentication code via email to
***********. The code will expire at 5:31PM CEST."

    Begin forwarded message:

    Date: Fri, 22 Jul 2022 07:31:50 -0700
    From: GitHub <noreply at github.com>
    To: Ralf
    Subject: [GitHub] Please verify your device


    Hey R-a-l-f!

    A sign in attempt requires further verification because we did not
    recognize your device. To complete the sign in, enter the
    verification code on the unrecognized device.

    Device: Firefox on Linux
    Verification code: *****

    If you did not attempt to sign in to your account, your password may
    be compromised. Visit https://github.com/settings/security to create
    a new, strong password for your GitHub account.

    If you'd like to automatically verify devices in the future,
    consider enabling two-factor authentication on your account. Visit
    https://docs.github.com/articles/configuring-two-factor-authentication
    to learn about two-factor authentication. [...]



There is nothing such as an auto-verification, it's way more work to
enable this crap, than to continue to copy and paste a PIN from an
email.

I can't stand GitHub aynmore, but I need keep my acount to report bugs
against some Linux as well as iPadOS software.

Regards,
Ralf