I was trying to make an app-specific password for gmail and this came up. There aren’t any new options in the apple id settings, so idk what to do

  • thepianistfroggollum@lemmynsfw.com
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    1 year ago

    I mean, you should drop any company that forces you to use only their devices to access services that aren’t exclusive to those devices.

    This stinks of antitrust behavior to me.

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      1 year ago

      I’m not sure what accidental journey through Gmail’s options OP took but it looks to me that they inadvertently started setting up a passkey, which is tied to the hardware but can sync between Apple devices using iCloud Keychain. Apple certainly isn’t blocking you from changing Gmail-specific settings.

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      1 year ago

      In this situation, I suspect it’s being forced because 2-factor authentication is on, so the user has to continue on a device that has been previously been trusted.