PSA: On September 30th between 0700-1000 UTC (12am-3am PDT) and 1600-1900 UTC (9am-12pm PDT) we will be restricting username/password authentication against the GitHub API to test readiness ahead of the Nov 13 deprecation. More information at github.blog/2020-07-30-token…

Token authentication requirements for API and Git operations

Beginning November 13th, 2020, we will no longer accept account passwords when authenticating with the GitHub REST API. In the future, we will similarly no longer accept account passwords when...

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Replying to @github
Welcome to 10 years ago when the OAuth community realized password auth for APIs was a terrible idea and made a spec to solve that

Sep 30, 2020 · 5:08 AM UTC

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Replying to @aaronpk @github
Well, passwords in general are a terrible idea...
Replying to @aaronpk @github
* 14 years now. Ironically, Tom, Chris, Scott and PJ were in the room while we were doing it. 🤦‍♀️ (ssh is a powerful drug?)
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