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What's the procedure if you break or lose the FIDO hardware key? (Not a rhetorical question; I'd never heard of them before either.) This is the sort of the th
by mrec 11y ago
What's the procedure if you break or lose the FIDO hardware key? (Not a rhetorical question; I'd never heard of them before either.)
This is the sort of the thing I always worry about when discussing or considering strengthening security. At some point the risk of accidentally locking yourself out outweighs the risk of someone else getting in. Particularly so for something like gmail, where there's no customer service as a last resort.
- granos 11y agoI'm not 100% certain, but when I setup 2FA for many services they give you ~10 single use emergency codes that you can use to get into the system in the event that your second factor is unavailable for whatever reason (phone stolen, you are out of the country, fido broke, etc.)
- Mandatum 11y agoContacting your domain admin, using your backup codes, if none of those work you'll need to fill an account recovery form with the service provider, ie: https://support.google.com/accounts/answer/185834?hl=en#phone https://support.google.com/accounts/answer/185834?hl=en#phon...