The school should be providing phones if the students require them. I strongly believe 2fa is important, but it is even more important to acknowledge that not everyone owns the gadgets that you do. And they may not want to. So if a service requires 2fa they should also supply the necessary hardware to all of their users.
KronisLV|2 years ago
I agree in principle, but doubt that our reality matches up with that. It's easier for them to blame the minority of people, especially if nobody will stand up for them.
In their own words:
>> If your phone doesn’t support Microsoft Authenticator, you need to use “Call to phone”, if you don’t want that method to use, you need to change your phone, which support Microsoft.
They can just say: "Most people use phones with a mainstream OS, don't be a weirdo and just use a phone like that, like the rest of the people." Same unfortunate situation across the board, with plenty of software being Windows/Mac-only, drivers not being open source and for the most part almost nobody caring.
What's worse, in this case it seems like TOTP should be able to be supported, with relatively few issues, unless there is indeed something major I'm missing.
clnq|2 years ago
"You need to change your phone, which support Microsoft" just sounds very shady for a state-funded university. Or perhaps I am too sceptical. But a "proprietary tech only" university seems a bit of an oxymoron and close-minded for me. I would expect even staff to protest that.