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The night my 2FA backup codes saved my whole setup, never felt so lucky
Last Thursday I was at a coffee shop in Austin and my phone just died, dead battery and no charger on me. I needed to log into my email for a work thing and my laptop was fine but the 2FA app was on my phone obviously. I almost panicked cause I thought I was locked out for good. Then I remembered I printed those backup codes like 6 months ago and stuck them in my wallet. Typed one in and got straight through. That was the single thing that kept me from being stuck for hours, maybe even losing a client. Now I tell everyone, print your codes and keep them somewhere physical, not just in a notes app. Has anyone else actually had to use their backup codes in a pinch?
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loganbaker6d ago
Learned this same lesson with a spare car key years ago after locking myself out in a parking lot at 11pm. Now I keep a paper copy of anything important, insurance cards, that weird password sheet, even my wifi password taped inside a kitchen cabinet. Phones die, apps crash, cloud stuff goes down at the worst time. Having a physical backup is like keeping a twenty in your sock drawer, you forget it is there until the day it saves you. People act like printing stuff is old school but honestly it is the smart move now.
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