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		SoftTalker 3 months ago \| parent \| context \| favorite \| on: Gmail's backup codes are useless to access account When my bank introduced the option to use TOTP codes instead of SMS for 2FA, I said "Great!" and enabled it immediately. Unfortunately they don't let you remove the other 2FA options. So logging in, I now get three options for 2FA: SMS code, emailed code, or Authenticator code.

modeless 3 months ago [–]

Yes, a lot of places don't let you remove the phone number. But Google does.

fauigerzigerk 3 months ago | [–]

True, I deleted mine long ago. They keep nagging me to add a recovery phone number though.

modeless 3 months ago | | [–]

Yeah I get nagged once every few months, maybe. Easy enough to ignore.

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