Gitlab now requires phone number/credit card verification

Looks like gitlab now requires account verification for new accounts in addition to email. Either phone number or credit card.

This applies both to accounts created with a working email or by logging in using your github account. You can’t even verify your email until you go through step 1.

I don’t know when this started, but at least for the last month or two judging from these posts in the forums.

Fun fact: I don’t even want to host on gitlab, I just wanted to report bugs in some projects. So I’m locked out.

privacybro,

For alternatives, I recommend to use a community-ran Gitea instance. Project Segfault runs one.

about.gitea.com

git.projectsegfau.lt

Also check out Forgejo, it’s another git software. Disroot has an instance.

forgejo.org

git.disroot.org

intrepid,

How many instances will one have to register on? This isn’t going to improve until forgefed is done.

privacybro,

explain further please?

intrepid,

You won’t be able to contribute to a project on any of those instances, unless you register on it. So if you are a prolific contributor, you might end up signing up on dozens of those instances.

Forgefed is a federation protocol for such instances. It’s based on ActivityPub - the same that powers Lemmy and Mastodon. You can have just one account on a single instance and still be able to contribute to projects on multiple others. It’s still in the works though. It’s expected that at least gitlab, gitea and forgejo will support it.

Fisch,
@Fisch@lemmy.ml avatar

Codeberg also uses Forgejo

beta_tester,

Damn, that sucks

possiblylinux127,

Codeberg looks interesting but it would be nice to see a US based version. Anyway I think its clear gitlab is problematic

Fisch,
@Fisch@lemmy.ml avatar

Why does it matter where it’s based?

possiblylinux127, (edited )

Because I don’t want to use services that are across that ocean

intrepid,

Honestly, the servers not being in the US is a feature these days - even for US-based customers.

possiblylinux127,

Not really as you don’t have control over them whatsoever. I can’t vote in Europe

Fisch,
@Fisch@lemmy.ml avatar

Why does that matter? It doesn’t make a difference

possiblylinux127,

I does though, with all of the sketchy laws around tech. The US isn’t great but at least I can vote here.

interdimensionalmeme,

What’s the best way to circumvent phone number verification ? My burner YouTube account, which has nothing unsavory on it, has been marked for phone number verification or else I can’t login at all.

Of course I’m not giving them my real phone number. What the best way to fake this?

hottari,

There are no ways to beat this. They want your real number. That’s the point.

interdimensionalmeme,

There had to way to defeat the pots system, it’s an antique, not a security system

AtmaJnana, (edited )

get a burner sim. pay cash.

ChaoticNeutralCzech, (edited )

Impossible in some countries, like Germany with mandatory ID validaion. Luckily, our Pirate Party leader, a telecommunications expert, blocked this proposal here.

https://feddit.de/pictrs/image/04109612-6c86-4203-9153-643746ad3151.png

interdimensionalmeme,

But using the sim will identify location and IMEI. Anyway that’s quite expensive, like 10$ per account ? Ouch !

Nugget,

There are paid services that offer phone number masking such as Firefox Relay

interdimensionalmeme,

I tried VoIP addresses and got the message “we can’t use that number”. Is Firefox relay immune to that?

Slotos,

Sourcehut. The answer is sourcehut.

You don’t even need an account to submit patches, just configure git send-email.

intrepid,

Some people seem to think that setting up send-email and mailing patches has too much of a learning curve and ‘barrier to entry’.

fluffery,
@fluffery@lemmy.ml avatar

Forgejo?

macattack,

Experienced the same issue when I tried to sign up 2-3 months. Went down a rabbit hole and then just decided to not host w/ them.

There is a workaround where you can create an account if it is on a different gitlab instance (ie: I was able to join git.joinfirefish.org w/o the CC info) but I don’t know how useful that is in the grand scheme of things.

ndsvw,
@ndsvw@feddit.de avatar

Have only my “private” repos hosted there… Maybe, it’s time to host a git server locally…

intrepid,

Get one of those cheap thin-client or micro-ATK type desktop, install as a server and move your online services there. Too bad this isn’t that popular yet.

Denatured,

What would you guys recommend for a service to use to verify phone numbers for platforms, on topic, such as gitlab? I know there is some sort of list of voip service providers that most of these platforms blacklist. Where do they get such lists from and how can one view such lists?

manokox400,

Looks like gitlab is pozzed now. (((They))) are at it again.

LWD, (edited )

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    ada,
    @ada@lemmy.blahaj.zone avatar

    The three brackets are a nazi dog whistle.

    Jordan_U,

    For anyone unfamiliar and wanting more background, and an explanation of why you may see Jewish people add ((( ))) around their own names on social media,

    en.m.wikipedia.org/wiki/Triple_parentheses

    (I agree 100% with the person I am replying to, and I’m sure they know all of this already)

    jajak98082,

    (((Gitlab)))

    homesweethomeMrL,

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    bamboo,

    They’re talking about Gitlab, not Github

    homesweethomeMrL,

    Oops, my mistake.

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