[rabuse]

I don't understand why these large companies don't incorporate some type of printable backup code that can be used if your 2FA device is lost/broken. I've incorporated this type of system multiple times in the past, and it works wonderfully.

[Nrbelex]

In fact, Google does: https://support.google.com/accounts/answer/1187538?co=GENIE....

[saagarjha]

Yeah, pretty much every 2FA I have set up has done this.

[bcrosby95]

They do. But now that I think about it, I don't remember where any of mine are, because I haven't had to use them in over 5 years.

[greenshackle2]

Every 2FA I have setup has this. Kudos to GitHub in particular for strongly insisting that you save the backup codes somewhere.