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Comment on What to do if I've lost my 2FA? in ~tildes
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Comment on What is some life advice that has stuck with you throughout the years? in ~life
Steinawitz Link"The only thing you can truly give to another person is time." No matter what you do, or what you give, it all boils down to time. Work to earn money, buy a present and gift it = time Craft..."The only thing you can truly give to another person is time."
No matter what you do, or what you give, it all boils down to time.
Work to earn money, buy a present and gift it = time
Craft something for someone = time
Steal something for someone = time
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Comment on What is everyone using for managing their contacts? in ~tech
Steinawitz LinkI use iOS as my contact database but in order to be successful I've had to disable Gmail from automatically adding contacts to Gmail and I also do not sync my Gmail contacts to my iOS device. This...I use iOS as my contact database but in order to be successful I've had to disable Gmail from automatically adding contacts to Gmail and I also do not sync my Gmail contacts to my iOS device.
This works for me but doesn't provide the greatest functionality at times such as when using a desktop computer and MS Outlook. In that situation, I'm still pulling contact info from my phone and entering it to Outlook if it's not already there.
It's not the most efficient, but I do have a single source of clean contacts that I maintain which has worked for me.
The contact link at the bottom of the page has some helpful resources. I would email password@tildes.net and explain your issue. They can hopefully disable your MFA on your account so you can reenable again with a new authenticator.
Make sure your new authenticator is being backed up somewhere. I have iOS and personally use SAAS Pass and one of the reasons I like it is that it backs up to iCloud.
For your backup codes going forward, you can now see how important those can be. I save my codes to a Dropbox folder where they stay until needed. If you don't want to manage the codes through a file system, an easy way to capture them quickly is to take a screenshot and either save the screenshot to a picture folder on your phone (as long as your photos are backed up automatically) or email the screenshot to yourself and then store them in an email folder.
There is risk if you email them to yourself that if someone does gain access to your email that they will have the ability to access more of your accounts so if you do email codes to yourself, make sure that your email is fully locked down with MFA. I would also store your email backup codes somewhere else so that in the event your lose an authenticator again, you can still gain access back into your email.
Hope you get it worked out!