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by ghaff 2518 days ago
Furthermore, electronics fail. If there’s some records including 2FA codes that you want to store in a safety deposit box, fire box, etc. I absolutely want at least paper backups whether or not I also have a Yubikey, SD card, etc. eg if I have a home inventory I absolutely want prints even if it’s also in the cloud someplace.
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I went through this recently. It's such a PITA. I ended up with physical copies in 3 different places because all of a sudden redundancy is a reality.
You think you’re reasonably well backed up until the sh*t hits the fan and you realize everything is hanging by a much thinner thread than you thought. Recent events I experienced have added really working through record backups to my todo list.
I keep paper copies of the backup 2FA codes for Google and LastPass in my wallet and have been pretty happy with that strategy.

A couple of years ago, I had my wallet fall out of my pocket while I was on a boat.

My phone was back at the dock safe and dry so I had my primary authenticator. And I probably had printed copies somewhere at home.

I've been much more diligent since then about making sure there are copies and that they're accessible.