two-factor authentication forced on 15 September

[dchmelik]

FB is forcing two-factor authentication on some by 15 Sep: SMS, 'app', or physical key (see below).

Your account requires stronger security from Facebook Protect

Hi \<name>,

We're upgrading protection for Facebook accounts like yours and need your help to enable a required security programme by 15 September. It's called Facebook Protect and it uses advanced security measures to help defend your account against potential vulnerabilities. Turn on Facebook Protect for your account by 15 September. After that, you may not be able to access your account until you've done so. To enable Facebook Protect:

1. Log in to your account on Facebook.
2. Go into security settings and look for the Facebook Protect option.
3. Follow the steps to enable the programme for your account. For security reasons, we have not included direct links to Facebook Protect in this email. \<name> Requires Facebook Protect

Thanks, The Facebook Security Team

[usvi]

I made an experimental patch to support 2FA directly: https://github.com/usvi/bitlbee-facebook/commit/31b56ec07d8b1682a15e1dde114810140dddcb4e

Any feedback is appreciated while waiting for bitlbee-facebook maintainership to resolve itself.

[Thaodan]

I made an experimental patch to support 2FA directly: usvi@31b56ec

Any feedback is appreciated while waiting for bitlbee-facebook maintainership to resolve itself.

That looks interesting, please put it to a separate instead of commit to master, doing so makes it easier to adapt.

[usvi]

I made an experimental patch to support 2FA directly: usvi@31b56ec Any feedback is appreciated while waiting for bitlbee-facebook maintainership to resolve itself.

That looks interesting, please put it to a separate instead of commit to master, doing so makes it easier to adapt.

Alright, I will make it into a branch. I'll ping people back when I'm done (might take a day or two).

[usvi]

I made an experimental patch to support 2FA directly: usvi@31b56ec Any feedback is appreciated while waiting for bitlbee-facebook maintainership to resolve itself.

That looks interesting, please put it to a separate instead of commit to master, doing so makes it easier to adapt.

Am I doing in right:

https://github.com/usvi/bitlbee-facebook/tree/automatic-2fa-tokens

[dchmelik]

@usvi the patch didn't work for me: I never receive confirmation code.

[usvi]

Oh no! @dchmelik : Do you happen to have IRC-style chat or something else such available where we could change ideas and coordinate debugging?

[dchmelik]

Do you happen to have IRC-style chat or something else such available where we could change ideas and coordinate debugging?

I can come to OFTC IRC #bitlbee

[dchmelik]

After usvi's help, and uninstalling libpurple-facebook (which resulted in no more FaceBook (FB) in pidgin, which wasn't working with it anyway) I got it working with bitlbee again.