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by cweagans 1491 days ago
> It most definitely defeats the purpose.

Why?

If your password manager password is compromised, you're pretty screwed no matter how you slice it. For most people that use a password manager, I would guess that exposing their main password is an unlikely scenario. Loss/theft of a phone seems much more likely, and in that scenario, you're exactly as screwed as you would be if you had all of your 2fa codes in your password manager.