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by rzzzt 2735 days ago
GitHub has 16 recovery keys which you can print in advance, and use if you don't have your authentication device at hand. They are also retrievable from the account's security page at any time.

https://help.github.com/articles/configuring-two-factor-auth...
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lclarkmichalek 2735 days ago
They'll also reset it if you have the ssh private key for one of the public keys you've registered on the site
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jiveturkey 2735 days ago
doesn’t work / N/A for the OP. recovery keys require the user to do something in advance of reset. his users won’t do that.
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