# Participate in package/julia development without github account?
**URL:** https://discourse.julialang.org/t/participate-in-package-julia-development-without-github-account/68441
**Category:** Community
**Created:** [September 20, 2021, 7:16am UTC](https://discourse.julialang.org/t/participate-in-package-julia-development-without-github-account/68441 "2021-09-20T07:16:08Z")
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### Author:  [@lobingera](https://discourse.julialang.org/u/lobingera)
#### Post date: [September 20, 2021, 7:16am UTC](https://discourse.julialang.org/t/participate-in-package-julia-development-without-github-account/68441/1 "2021-09-20T07:16:08Z")
[github.com](http://github.com) belongs to Microsoft now and they have a rather loose attitude towards GDPR, DVSGO and some local law on user data reuse or user tracking. I’ve been pinged to enable F2A which is something i believe in and can enable. However i don’t really find it a good idea to hand over my phone number to the professional troublemakers in Redmond.
So
a) Do i read correctly, that F2A via SMS is the only option available (which is btw laughable)
b) Anyone a good idea to do a OpenAuth etc. via google (who have my phone number via the andriod installation anyway)?
c) Any idea to enable a non-github developer/user role in julia?
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### Author:  [@giordano](https://discourse.julialang.org/u/giordano)
#### Post date: [September 20, 2021, 8:08am UTC](https://discourse.julialang.org/t/participate-in-package-julia-development-without-github-account/68441/3 "2021-09-20T08:08:11Z")
> [@lobingera](#):
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> a) Do i read correctly, that F2A via SMS is the only option available (which is btw laughable)
Not at all, there are three different options:
1. Authenticator app
2. Security keys
3. SMS
I use [FreeOTP](https://freeotp.github.io/) as authenticator app and I never gave my phone number to Github.
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### Author:  [@lobingera](https://discourse.julialang.org/u/lobingera)
#### Post date: [September 20, 2021, 8:14am UTC](https://discourse.julialang.org/t/participate-in-package-julia-development-without-github-account/68441/4 "2021-09-20T08:14:12Z")
Ah.
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### Author:  [@Sukera](https://discourse.julialang.org/u/Sukera)
#### Post date: [September 20, 2021, 9:22am UTC](https://discourse.julialang.org/t/participate-in-package-julia-development-without-github-account/68441/5 "2021-09-20T09:22:01Z")
> [@lobingera](#):
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> c) Any idea to enable a non-github developer/user role in julia?
The general registry is backend-agnostic, so if you want to put your code on gitlab or some other git-service instead, that should work as well as far as I know.