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What if you lose your phone, though?
by pmjordan 15y ago
What if you lose your phone, though?
- singular 15y agoThey have you print out a bunch of one-time passwords which can be used to access the account should you lose your phone.
- panacea 15y agoI'm going to look into it when I get the time, but I hope you can add a second device. One of the not-inconsequential benefits to being married is the additional redundancy. If I can't remember a password, my wife might. Hopefully I can set this up with her phone as a fallback.
- stef25 15y agoWhen you're setting up 2 factor auth, they ask you for a back up phone number.
- darklajid 15y agoThe setup forces you to go through two backup steps. First it gives you a list of 10 codes that you should print and keep save. Looks like a TAN list. You can only move on if you check 'I printed these items and will protect them like my first born' or something like that. After clicking next you are able to set up a phone number that is used as another fallback. Testing if you entered the number correctly is optional here, but worked like a charm.
- Mavrik 15y agoYou get 10 one-time use backup access codes for that case (which YOU need to keep secure).
- nebbsen 15y agoGoogle gives you backup codes that you have to write down or print out and you have to give them your telephone number so they can text you other codes or call you with an automated message.