Not if your phone was the one that was on record and just wiped. On Tue, Sep 18, 2012 at 2:52 PM, Ray Champagne <r...@raychampagne.com> wrote: > > Maybe I am misunderstanding, but they send you the second > authentication code via a text message, so there would be a way to get > in... > > On Tue, Sep 18, 2012 at 4:42 PM, Judah McAuley <ju...@wiredotter.com> wrote: >> >> I like the two-factor authentication and have been using it for awhile now. >> >> However, there is one giant, stupendous hole in it that hopefully you >> will never fall into. >> >> I have a friend who has used two factor authentication for awhile and >> who also owns an Android phone. She's pretty big on the Google >> ecosystem. She's got her gmail account set up and her nicely tied in >> Android phone and everything is sweet. Until the phone barfs a >> hairball as they do sometimes and she takes it into Verizon. Verizon >> wipes the phone (not bothering to ask her but that's another issue) >> and resets it. Great. In order to set up the phone, you have to log >> into your Google account. Except the Google account has two factor >> authentication, so you have to authorize the phone to connect to your >> Google account. Which you do by having Goggle send a message to your >> phone (which is the second authentication factor)...which you can't >> get into because it hasn't been set up yet because you can't get into >> Google with it. >> >> D'oh. >> >> Certain situations, two factor authentication becomes a recursive >> rabbit hole that you cannot escape. The rest of the time, it is >> awesome security and a good idea. >> >> Judah >> >> On Tue, Sep 18, 2012 at 2:23 PM, Cameron Childress <camer...@gmail.com> >> wrote: >>> >>> On Tue, Sep 18, 2012 at 4:42 PM, Vivec <gel21...@gmail.com> wrote: >>> >>>> *sprawls on floor and looks at ceiling* >>> >>> >>> Hah - yeah, It's not really all that bad... >>> >>> -Cameron >> >> > >
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