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[Zhaoyu Yang <zoe.anhui AT gmail.com>]

FYI, With Shuwei's help, I'm now able to use the OTP authentication without a phone for both SDCC and CERN MFA. That's a big convenience, given how many times I forgot my phone either at home or in the office. For the BNL Duo push,

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FYI,

With Shuwei's help, I'm now able to use the OTP authentication without a phone for both SDCC and CERN MFA. That's a big convenience, given how many times I forgot my phone either at home or in the office.

For the BNL Duo push, I didn't find any alternative, so I asked ITDhelp. I was told the only available method is to use Yubikey. They configured the hardware for me and it's free for BNL employees (It's a little bit misleading on the web page which says it charges $30ish from project account)

Best,

Zhaoyu

On Thu, Feb 5, 2026 at 12:24 PM Brett Viren <bv AT bnl.gov> wrote:

"Ye, Shuwei" <yesw AT bnl.gov> writes:

> Zhaoyu asked about OTP alternatives to phone apps.

An alternative for anyone like me that lives in the command line:

  $ pass otp com/github/me/totp | xclip

  *paste*

Ingredients:

- https://www.passwordstore.org/
- https://github.com/tadfisher/pass-otp

-Brett.