2FA requirement for moderation

Cat

• 28 Ağustos 2020 02:10

A server I'm in has been required to set up 2FA for moderators.

 

2FA bizarrely seems to require me downloading and installing a separate app and giving it my phone number, or installing the gmail app to use google authenticator but then I have to enable 2FA on my gmail.

 

I am autistic with a PDA profile and I struggle to complete tasks the more mandatory arbitrary steps are required to do so.  I also never give out my phone number, particularly to unknown apps that I do not know and trust.

 

By putting up this barrier preventing trusted server members from moderating servers they have been granted admin privilege in, you are actively discriminating against disabled people who may not be able to cope with the 2FA system you have set up requiring users to download an app and give it personal information, or to install the gmail app and add 2FA to their gmail accounts in order to use google authenticate. 

 

I urge you to either reconsider this position, or to enable a 2FA which involves me giving discord only, an app I already own, my phone number, or locking it to my mobile phone so if I want to log in it sends a code to my phone or a separate email address or similar. A friend who was able to complete the 2FA process said it asked her to add a phone number as a 2FA backup after she completed the process- so there's no reason Discord can't require an email and phone number 2FA log in. Requiring an app to do so which requires several steps, including either enabling 2FA on my gmail account or trusting an unknown app with my phone number and personal information, is unacceptable.

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  rocstar3000

  • 01 Eylül 2020 13:13

  Man, discord 2FA is a way to put your account on a high level of security that makes you able to do more delicate things like manage a big partner server or make a discord team to create bots and that kind of thing that makes you able to see more sensitive information about users. Discord put an option for use a phone number as a form to recuperate your account if you loose your smartphone or what else you use for authenticate that you are you.

  Google Auth is an app from google (and you probably already pass the number, email and other things for use google services) and by the way the Google Authenticator don't ask you anything so you can just use and be happy. But if you don't save your 8 code .txt and don't pass a number for discord and loose the access for Google Auth for what else reason you will loose your account.

  That is one reason for use the another app (Authy) that keeps a way for backup all of yours 2FA saved there if you need (But you can use without the backup too).

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  56kul

  • 01 Ekim 2020 08:38

  You do realize that a third-party app is not needed for Discord's 2FA? You just need to have a phone number that you could receive messages from, as a message containing the 2FA code would be sent to that number whenever you'd try to log in (with 2FA enabled). You can use a 2FA app as well if you'd like to, but it's not required. Additionally, you would NEVER be asked to hand out any personal information in a trustworthy 2FA app, they would only ask for a special code that would be provided to you when you'd set up the 2FA protection (you may also use a QR code instead). Also, Google has made its own 2FA app, you can trust them with such information! I personally have been using Google's 2FA app for many years now and I never had a problem with that app. Also, 2FA is not something that was created to oppose disabled people...? I'm autistic myself and I know how to set up, use, and disable 2FA without a problem, so I don't understand what's your point here. To put it simply, 2FA is used to give your account(s) a second layer of protection, which results in people not being able to access your account even if they managed to get your password. I totally understand why the server that you're in requires their moderators to have 2FA enabled!

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