Worth a try:
I am using WinSCP and created an SSH session. I am using the PUTTY terminal to run the command given, but receive an error that it failed to connect to my IP port 8089 after 3ms: connection refused.
Captcha usually only appears when a VPN is involved
I don't have a VPN connected. Using the standard install on the RP4 and it's connected directly to the router.
Dunno then. If there were diagnostics I could look but otherwise I have no information to help.
So I really hope I’m being chicken little but I got this e-mail today from Google. Looks like they are making 2FA mandatory on the 9th. No mention of it being optional. We’ll have to see if this creates issues for Channels TVE using YTTV…
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I wonder if you use Youtube TVE on a pc ... when you login to google you have the option to not require 2FA on the pc ... will this work ?
Register your computers
During sign-in, you can choose not to use 2-Step Verification again on your computer. We'll still ask for codes or Security Key on other computers.
From the Ars Technica article:
Google has way more than 150 million user accounts, but it says it is only "auto-enrolling Google accounts that have the proper backup mechanisms in place to make a seamless transition to 2SV." Those backup requirements include a recovery phone number that can receive SMS codes or a recovery email.
So a potential workaround to block auto-enrollment is to remove any recovery information for that account. You would obviously want to use that 2FA-less unrecoverable account for nothing but this one specific purpose.
I've made sure there is no recovery information for my Channels dedicated Google account. I'll post a status on 11/9 or the next day unless it's clear others have already posted their experience.
I think this will work, if what Google said about auto-enrollment only for accounts with recovery is true.
I think Google has made it clear 2FA will be mandatory as of 11/9. Except for non-recoverable accounts (I hope).
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Sorry can you clarify what a non-recoverable account is? Is this something that can be modified after an account is created?
A non-recoverable account would be an account with no recovery phone number that can receive SMS codes and no recovery email. I will emphasize again that this is a really risky way to set up a Google account.
Another problem is that there's no guarantee that Google will not at some point require all accounts to be recoverable.
This development just makes it all the more obvious that this workaround of using a non-2FA Google account is just a bad idea and you should probably be doing something else instead, like running Channels on Docker.
Edit: and I had forgotten that you still need to have a 2FA-less account with Google for authentication to work, even if you're running Channels on Docker, so I was wrong about that part.
It's certainly possible that Google will force 2FA on all accounts, recoverable or not. But they aren't now.
I don't think there's a significant risk in setting up an account only used for Channels DVR which is nonrecoverable.
But all this is moot if your last point holds water. Please elaborate on the idea that running a Channels container on Docker avoids the 2FA requirement for Google accounts.
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Yeah, I am curious about this as well.
@uluqat edited his post, rather than reply to mine, to say that it's not the case that 2FA isn't needed when running the Channels container.
My plan: see if my non-recoverable non-2FA Google account continues to work for Channels DVR on and after Nov 9. If not, switch to Hulu + Live TV.
Actually Hulu turned on 2FA and users are noticing they can't add the source. People like myself who were previously setup are fine for now, but new users aren't having any luck.
Eeek!!!
My plan goes down in flames! Can only hope what Google said about non-recoverable accounts holds up.
EDIT: Or maybe I'll go the Google Workspace route. According to the Ars Techica article referenced above, 2FA can be turned off by admins of those accounts. I'd set up a Google Workspace with a single user and turn off 2FA for that user. But it will cost $6/month.
That $6 certainly makes YTTV look less desirable. Is it absolutely mandatory that a YTTV subscriber use a gmail account? Or is the 2FA at the YTTV login level?
Unfortunately you have to use a Google (ed.) account to use YTTV. It doesn't have to have a Gmail account associated with it: https://www.wikihow.com/Make-a-Google-Account-Without-Gmail
I can't find any streaming providers (not counting cable tv) that offer TCM authorization for Channels DVR other than YTTV & Hulu + Live TV. Both requiring 2FA.
But as mentioned, there is supposed to be an exception to forced 2FA for non recoverable Google accounts. And there is another exception for Google Workspace accounts.
I'd love to hear about alternatives.
For fun I just signed up for a free trial of Hulu + Live TV. 2FA never came up, and all the expected channels were authenticated. I'm now able to watch TCM authenticated to Channels with Hulu + Live TV.
The channel number 6039 is used for both Hulu & YTTV. I could remove the YTTV source but I'd rather not risk it unless and until the issue is forced.
So I think Hulu + Live TV has just moved to my top alternative to YTTV if Google actually forces 2FA on non-recoverable Google accounts. Though I doubt they'd do that, at least so soon after saying they wouldn't.
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