---
title: "GitHub to Developers: Turn on 2FA, or Lose Access"
url: https://daily.dev/posts/github-to-developers-turn-on-2fa-or-lose-access-f3uhin28u
source_url: https://www.darkreading.com/dr-tech/github-to-developers-turn-on-2fa-or-lose-access
type: article
source: "Dark Reading"
published: 2022-05-04T22:54:41.079Z
updated: 2026-03-15T03:50:58.413Z
tags: ["authentication", "general-programming", "github", "security", "webdev"]
reading_time: 4
upvotes: 16
comments: 2
language: en
---

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# GitHub to Developers: Turn on 2FA, or Lose Access

**[Dark Reading](https://daily.dev/sources/dr)** · 4 min read · 16 upvotes · 2 comments

## Summary

GitHub will require two-factor authentication for all code contributors by 2023. The company says the move will impact 83 million developers. Only 16.5% of active GitHub users and 6.44% of npm users have enabled 2FA, the company says. The shift to mandatory 2FA will occur in phases.

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## Community discussion

Top comments from developers on daily.dev.

**@walkx** · 1 upvotes

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**@\_fotinovski16925728762628446434127172** · 0 upvotes

> I would use it, but Github does not let me use my Macedonian number, so I'm stuck with some codes/tokens which I really don't like. But I agree that you need to use 2FA everywhere.

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