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The thing I like about the password is that it does not involve any additional technology dependencies.

GitHub is going down this road, too, announcing that they will soon disallow password-based auth on git operations.

I'm not sure if I will keep using it after that, because having to log into the website from every workstation, some of which may not even have a browser "good enough" for github.com, is more extra work than I'm willing to attend to.

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Can you still use ssh keys? I haven’t used http for git in years. I store the SSH key’s password in the keychain and then I’m good to go.

You can. You can also create tokens that function the exact same as a password but with a customisable scope.

GitHub’s implementation is quite well tbh

They do allow you to generate OAuth codes with scoped access , which effectively acts exactly like passwords just giving more control to you and ensuring your account is safe.

I don’t think GitHub’s implementation is ill intentioned at all,

When compared to Google’s where it’s now effectively forcing me to keep using the gmail app Because of these prompts

:/

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