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Ask HN: How to recover Google auth after phone stolen?

124 points · 131 comments · keymasta

  1. joshmn · · focus · HN ↗
    I had similar issues: <a href="https:&#x2F;&#x2F;news.ycombinator.com&#x2F;item?id=45451567">https:&#x2F;&#x2F;news.ycombinator.com&#x2F;item?id=45451567 (including my personal domain, Dropbox; my Apple account is still MIA...)

    We&#x27;ve all been reduced to a passphrase.

    When I&#x27;ve lobbed this scenario to the security managers&#x2F;employees at these companies, they all give me a really great answer:

    Q: What happens if a sitting senator gets mugged and they have their printed 2fa codes sitting in their wallet?

    A: They have a special number they can call.

    1. bshaughn · · focus · HN ↗
      After they go get a second phone
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