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>Then the whole "answer some questions" dance starts. Google literally does provide you with backup codes that they tell you to keep offline available, which i
by Barrin92 3y ago
>Then the whole "answer some questions" dance starts.
Google literally does provide you with backup codes that they tell you to keep offline available, which is pretty common practice for any 2FA scheme.
- wholinator2 3y agoWhat? I've never been given backup codes, nor any notification that such a thing even existed.
- vel0city 3y agoIt makes you get backup codes when you add a TOTP or webauthn authenticator.
- Izkata 3y agoI'm pretty sure they've existed since before TOTP was an option (I created mine in 2012, which was before I used any two-factor at least), but you have to go into your account settings to enable them: https://myaccount.google.com/security https://myaccount.google.com/security "Backup codes" is in the "How you sign in to Google" section.
- Macha 3y agoI have an account with backup 2fa accounts that I can't get into as Google insist on approving it on a dead phone because my geolocation is different to when I last logged in