[CGMthrowaway]

How does this work when you need a phone for 2fa?

[AdieuToLogic]

> How does this work when you need a phone for 2fa?

See the stipulation of:

  on an off day, with no reason to require phone use

If you "need a phone for 2fa" then that qualifies as a "reason to require phone use."

[ecb_penguin]

You work around it

1. Get a hardware token

2. Install a TOTP desktop client

3. Only use the phone for 2FA

4. You understand the spirit of the exercise and don't get bogged down by silly rules.

[AdieuToLogic]

> How does this work when you need a phone for 2fa?

Just out of curiosity, suppose you are not on-call for work and it is an observed holiday. Do you foresee the need for two factor authentication for non-work activities?

In other words, is 2fa a requirement for daily life?

[eCa]

One example would be Github for personal projects. There are several other use cases where the phone is a factor for logging into services.

[em500]

Git pull a day before, git push a day later? Have we forgotten to do anything without a persistent internet connection 24/7? Or why we'd use a distributed version control system in the first place.

[0x457]

We also conditioned to make small feature branches. Even my hobby projects force me to go through PR process.

[eCa]

It was an example of a use case familiar to many here. Some people use Github for more than just git.

[LeafItAlone]

>In other words, is 2fa a requirement for daily life?

I never stay logged into accounts in browsers on my personal devices. And work requires daily auto. So in general if I need to do anything with any accounts, I need 2fa access. And for the phone apps I do stay logged in to, well, they are on my phone.

[timerol]

Level 4 is going into the office for a day, so anyone requiring 2fa at work cannot pass that point

[ecb_penguin]

There's no need to overcomplicate a silly exercise with rigid rules.

Focus on the intent of the exercise. If you really mentally cannot get past 2FA, then get a hardware token, or a TOTP client on your desktop. Lots of solutions if this is really the hangup.

[rrr_oh_man]

1Password?