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This is why, when creating a new 2FA login, you MUST write down the one time use backup codes, and store them in a safe and secure place.
by BenjiWiebe 9y ago
This is why, when creating a new 2FA login, you MUST write down the one time use backup codes, and store them in a safe and secure place.
- mirekrusin 9y agoI don't think I've seen any backup codes when enabling 2FA on AWS - do they provide them? Support people haven't mentioned anything about those. If they show them I must have put them somewhere...
- zwily 9y agoMost services don't have one-time backup codes, unfortunately.
- __david__ 9y agoI learned this the hard way when google authenticator failed to restore my keys after a phone upgrade. Now I make sure I copy the data from those QR codes and store them in a GPG encrypted file (I store the data and the QR code itself as utf-8 art in the file).