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		noobie on March 8, 2016 \| parent \| context \| favorite \| on: How I could have hacked any Facebook account When setting up Google Authenticator for One Time Passcodes, you are also given a seed which can be used to resteup the app from another device.

orionblastar on March 8, 2016 [–]

Provided you don't lose that seed. If I end up homeless will lose all my stuff and limited to library access. You have to plan for the worst case scenarios with 2FA when things go bad.

noobie on March 9, 2016 | [–]

Well at a certain point getting locked out stops being 2FA's fault and is simply due to the user's lack of responsibility.

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