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

124 points · 131 comments · keymasta

  1. luka · · focus · HN ↗
    I'll fill out a "help my friend" form internally unless someone beats me to it (I have a 1hr meeting coming up). The gmail address in question is the same one as on your website?
    1. dgunay · · focus · HN ↗
      That's nice of you, but I'd urge anyone with influence at Google to consider 1) many many many more people who use Google services probably don't know or run in the same circles as Googlers who can bail them out of such a scenario, and 2) these people, being much less likely to understand 2FA, are also more likely to accidentally lock themselves out. An separate class of people who know how a system works or have connections to its operators become nose blind to its terrible UX because they have access to workarounds.
      1. asdff · · focus · HN ↗
        Consider the fact that they have made this difficult a sign that they have no interest in making it easy.
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