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TOTP is not tied to Google, Apple, or mobile phones in any way. It's an open specification and easy to understand and implement by anyone with even fairly junior skills.

Some 2FA systems do require some specialized mobile app, but this is not one of them.

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Not recognising slippery slopes early on is what leads to large scale social regression.

As night follows day the next stage of 2FA will be biometrically based and there will be no escape route for "junior developers".

There is zero chance we require biometrics on PyPI.

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