EXCLUSION.md

TwoFactorAuth.org excluded categories and websites

Below is a list of categories and websites that we, the collaborators, have opted to not list on TwoFactorAuth.org.

One of the primary concerns we seek to address with these exclusions is professional and academic web filters. We believe that the service that this site provides should be as accessible as possible, to help as many people as possible, in as many environments as possible. Dynamic web filters can block websites based solely on the existence of keywords which could lead to this service being filtered for mentioning or linking out to categories of websites that web admins have deemed unacceptable for their domain. While we believe that every site should make an effort to protect their users (which often includes enabling Two Factor Authentication), we also believe that accessibility to this list for all has more value than listing every possible site and service.

If you want to make a copy (fork) of our site to list any of these sites you're welcome to do so as long as you comply with our license.

Categories

• Pornographic sites

  As the volunteers of 2factorauth need to review all submissions to validate that the site/service provides 2FA to its users in addition to verifying that the pull request meets our style guidelines, we've chosen to not list sites that primarily host and serve pornographic content. Given the volunteer driven nature of this project, there is no guarantee that there will always be a collaborator available to review a submission that also does not have an objection to reviewing such material. Special consideration must also be given due to the potential for content in this category to quickly cross subjective personal boundaries that vary widely from person to person.

• Self-hosted services

  The category "self-hosted services/sites" includes all types of software that's designed to be hosted by the end user. These are excluded from listing unless all these points are met:

  1. All Site Criteria and Guidelines are met

  2. Public interest and public accessibility are given

  3. The site has an independent authentication database

  4. The underlying service supports 2FA natively or through a first-party (developer) plugin

  There are several resons for why we've opted to not list such sites and services.

  • TwoFactorAuth.org is targeted towards consumers and not website administrators. As of right now, very few general internet users choose to host their own websites and services. Therefore we think that the effort on our part to maintain such a list of self hosted alternatives would outweigh the minimal theoretical change in the internet landscape by listing such services.

  • If the core project doesn't support two factor authentication but instead through plugins it would mean that we would have to list all plugins that enable two factor authentication for the service. Something that is currently impossible with our website layout.

  If you have any questions regarding whether or not a site qualifies for listing, simply open an issue and we'll take a look.

• Potential controversial sites

  Any site that could damage the reputation of TwoFactorAuth.org and/or lead to any controversy with either the maintainers or users, should not be listed. The group of active maintainers will decide on whether to include or exclude a site within a specific timeframe. Once an exclusion was decided upon, the site will be listed in the section below and - if a pull request exists - it will be closed.

Sites

Below is a list of specific sites/services excluded from TwoFactorAuth.org.