I Lost My Two Factor Authentication Device. How Do I Recover?
✴️ Losing your phone can lock you out of your accounts if it’s your second factor for authentication. Here’s how I recovered while traveling, the backup options that saved me, and the steps you can take now so you’re never stuck without access.✴️ Losing my second factor
Particularly when traveling, losing your second factor for multi-factor authentication can be a problem. For SMS authentication, simply porting your phone number to a replacement phone works immediately. For Google-Authenticator-style authentication, an app like Authy lets you use multiple devices as your second factor. In all cases, it’s important to keep your account recovery and alternate verification methods up to date and ready before you need them.
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0:00 How do I recover from losing my Two Factor Authentication Device?
1:06 Two-factor authentication
1:46 Traveling compounds the issue
2:53 Some services make it easy
3:35 SMS is easy, but…
4:25 Google Authenticator
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