Community Wishlist Survey 2023/Anti-harassment/Minimize Wikimedia/Wikipedia's risk by enforcing 2FA on 'Mandatory Use User' groups/Proposal/en

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  • Problem: Even though we know, It's extremely important for administrators and editors with advanced permissions to keep their accounts secure, Not everyone in the Mandatory use user groups & SSH key Wikitech users had been enabled 2FA security in their account. If any of these accounts are compromised, it could cause widespread disruption and vandalism in Wikimedia/Wikipedia.
  • Proposed solution:  
  1. Implement T242031. Minimize the situation where people get locked out of their accounts, as much as possible.
  2. Give them a private message and a month to familiarize themselves with 2FA.
  3. Then add them to $wgOATHRequiredForGroups. Prevent them from using their rights until they enable 2FA.
If we can implement it smartly, then Foundation won't be needing any paid staff to act as support representatives.
  • Who would benefit: It will minimize Wikimedia/Wikipedia's risk of being compromised.
  • More comments: This way, we can get one step closer to making this possible for all concerned editors. The security team and community tech team should work together on this community wish.
  • Phabricator tickets: T150898, T242031
  • Proposer: MASUM THE GREAT (talk) 23:19, 30 January 2023 (UTC)[reply]