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>A few year back, I got locked out of my primary gmail account due to a 2 factor authentication SNAFU. I was never able to recover it. This is the downside (or
by gambler 7y ago
>A few year back, I got locked out of my primary gmail account due to a 2 factor authentication SNAFU. I was never able to recover it.
This is the downside (or hidden cost) of 2FA that most security experts purposefully ignore, because they work for companies like Google and only care about account security rather than user security.
- kabdib 7y agoI did a 2FA system a while back. The happy login path and crypto work took a couple of days, and the mobile app work was similarly easy. Probably 80% of the effort was working through account recovery and other support-related issues.