gmail 2-factor authorization

[Dave Warren]

On 2021-12-09 12:54, davidcorsino at gmail.com wrote:
> It seems Google's 2-Factor auth has broken the ability to log into my gchat
> on pidgin.  Are there any plans to update the app to work with that new
> system?

The standard answer is to use a App Specific password for applications 
that don't support Google's OAuthy.

I'm not a developer so I can't speak to future plans.