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Thanks to lovely "2FA" methods (more likely RFA) like described here, I am currently locked out of my 15+ year old Google account that I no longer use, as they
by 71bw 4y ago
Thanks to lovely "2FA" methods (more likely RFA) like described here, I am currently locked out of my 15+ year old Google account that I no longer use, as they require me to provide them a verification code from an old Android phone I sold over 5 years ago. I contacted Google support - they can't do nothing, even though I could provide every single piece of data about the account imaginable - including stuff like the IP ranges that the account was accessed from most of the time, devices linked etc. - sadly, I suspect no real human sits in front of their support chat...
- steinuil 4y agoI was locked out of my 10+ year old google account for daring to use IMAP to access gmail from unknown networks and ignoring the "is this you?" emails for a while. I'd all but given up on it until I got a brand new Pixel a couple years back, I figured I'd try logging in with the last password I remembered working and it just worked, no complaints from the RFA. I guess the RFA requirements are completely dropped when logging in from a new phone to avoid people getting locked out as they're setting up their phone.
- cpeterso 4y agoWhat is “RFA”? Searching for “RFA authentication” doesn’t return an useful results.
- addingnumbers 4y agoSeems like they're talking about RBA, risk-based authentication.