There was a post a while back around poor and homeless people encountering exactly this problem on a regular basis. Lots of people in the comments were incredibly dismissive and sometimes actively malign about it. Edit: One suggestion from me would be to try and start the dead phone connected to power but with the battery physically removed (assuming it's removable). That might bypass whatever issue it's having and l…
While we were all watching CCP implement their social credit system, big tech gave us one while our gaze was elsewhere. These algorithmic systems can pretty quickly make you an unperson in our society.
This is my nightmare. This is why I refuse to use 2FA. (Except on services that require it, and I wish they didn't require it.) Am I worried about getting hacked? Absolutely! But when I weigh the likelihood of (1) someone else getting into my account without 2FA and (2) locking myself out of my own account with 2FA, the latter seems much more likely! I understand how backup codes work. I promise you I will loose them…
I use authy (free) for 2FA TOTP and have it set up on my work laptop, my home laptop, and my phone. As long as least one of those is still good, I should still be able to get in. I honestly don't know what's going on behind the scenes to know if this is not as secure as it "should" be. But this was my reaction specifically to the non-SMS TOTP 2fa: Wait, if I lose my phone there's literally no way possible to get in?…
I recently switched my laptop and my phone together, even though I have the same number, I cannot recover my account. SMS is better because even if you lose your phone, you can get a replacement sim card. Only if SMS is enough. In the case of Google accounts, no, it is not enough.
>This is why I will not use 2FA except on services where it is absolutely required Software 2FA just computes a number based on a secret string. You treat the latter the same way you take care of your passwords. That's why it's best to handle them with your password manager. 2FA over SMS is even less of an issue (except maybe with a broken eSIM chip). Physical methods are a problem, so you have to spend money for a b…
I could store the secret in my password manager if I paid for Bitwarden Premium (and at $10 a year, price isn't really the issue), but then what is even the point? If my password and my secret are stored in the same place then that's really just a single factor, so I'm making the login process more annoying for no reason.
> There was a post a while back around poor and homeless people encountering exactly this problem on a regular basis. Lots of people in the comments were incredibly dismissive and sometimes actively malign about it. Even worse than that, they're often connecting from public IPs that are "suspicious" which causes automated systems to treat them more harshly. In Canada it's gotten to the point where you need an interne…
In the US if you are under 135 percent of the Federal Poverty Level you qualify for a free Mobile Phone with internet service. I am surprised Canada does not have a program like that
You have to click forget password. Then keep pressing "Try another way" until you see "Choose how you want to sign in:" Then select "Get a verification code" It should text the code to telephone number linked on the new cell phone.
After signing in on the new phone with the new password, you will have to do the same thing. Press try another way until you see send a verification code to your phone number. Then it will text a code to the new phone.
You're also welcome to call me and I will try to help you over the phone.
I use authy (free) for 2FA TOTP and have it set up on my work laptop, my home laptop, and my phone. As long as least one of those is still good, I should still be able to get in. I honestly don't know what's going on behind the scenes to know if this is not as secure as it "should" be. But this was my reaction specifically to the non-SMS TOTP 2fa: Wait, if I lose my phone there's literally no way possible to get in?…
> As long as least one of those is still good, I should still be able to get in. Google has, in some cases, started requiring auth codes sent to specific devices , even if you're already using your own configured TOTP 2FA.
I have uninstalled Google applications from most of the mobile devices that I use for this exact reason.