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The part where you actually have to do it. And the part where you remember where you put it. What happens when you lose your wallet? Or when the paper gets c
by bmurphy1976 3y ago
The part where you actually have to do it. And the part where you remember where you put it. What happens when you lose your wallet? Or when the paper gets crumped up and ruined? Or wet? Do they put it in a lock box? What good does that do them when they are in another country? What if they reset their password and have to reset their codes but forget to update the paper? Or what about when you have the old and new codes and can't remember which piece of paper you put on top? How may of them actually go back and verify that the codes work and the process hasn't changed and they can successfully recover their accounts? How about the 50 other accounts they have all forcing their unique and totally different 2FA recovery process that isn't like any of the others?
I keep my backup codes in a GPG encoded document with copies of it in multiple places. It's a big pain in the ass but I know I'm covered. For the vast vast majority of people this is more theatrical bullshit they won't bother with.
- nine_k 3y agoActually have to do it: I see, but really, dear real user, you are adept at printing pages, you do it quickly and masterfully, just click the button now. Remember where you put it: the answer is trivial and always the same, "your wallet". The tech support will remind you to look in your wallet if you come to them with your problem.
- TeMPOraL 3y agoMost people don't have printers on standby. Most wallets have lifetimes way shorter than those of account rescue codes. Everything else in a wallet - government-issued IDs, bank cards, etc. - has lifetimes way shorter than those of account rescue codes.
- horsawlarway 3y agoYup - let me just go get my "wallet binder" from the storage yard I have to keep it in after adding 800 pages of backup codes (which is literally not an exaggeration - I have more than 800 active accounts between personal/work/contracting). Let me just bind this fucking book over here, after I ran out of printer ink twice while printing it, and shove that right on into my little wallet flap. Perfect! Why didn't I think of this sooner!