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Get a 2FA code in a message, switch to app, code forgotten. Get a 2FA code in a message, read it out loud, switch to app, code remembered.
by genericacct 6y ago
Get a 2FA code in a message, switch to app, code forgotten.
Get a 2FA code in a message, read it out loud, switch to app, code remembered.
- keyle 6y agoThat's so true. Being bi-lingual I also remember vastly better the 2FA code if I speak it in my native tongue.
- a012 6y agoI don't read it out loud but iny head, and try to find a pattern out of it like a pair of two number/character
- harperlee 6y agoI do this. It’s fascinating how most numbers seem to have a (subjective) pattern of some kind; I wouldn’t have thought so many 2- and 3-digit numbers have some meaning to me!
- grenoire 6y agoI form a quick 'jingle' in my head, retains the numbers very well.
- netmare 6y agoThat's a neat trick, especially in emergency situations. 0118 999…
- tacocataco 6y agoUnfortunately the jingle for me is always Tommy Tutone's Jenny. Then it's stuck in my head the rest of the day. I won't type the numbers from the chorus to spare you this fate.
- TheRealSteel 6y agoI now always announce out loud when I've taken my medication for the day. For some reason it's just easier to remember when you say stuff out loud versus just thinking it. I was inspired by the success of "point and call" from the Tokyo train system.
- TeMPOraL 6y agoI have a tendency to lock the door when I leave the apartment, go down a flight of stairs, and then go back up to check if I really locked the door. Saying "I've locked the door" to myself in my head explicitly helps with this.