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by thehoff·9y ago·view on hn ↗
If you have 2FA then some of those accounts may not be accessible without your phone. For instance, if I didn't bring my phone with me (which I use to authenticate) I wouldn't even be able to log in to my email.

Or, taken a little further, I don't even know my email password anyways. Its locked in a password manager which requires 2FA. I would myself be locked out of almost all of my accounts if I didn't bring my phone.

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And that makes resetting it a non-starter too doesn't it?
Sure does, though my post was leaning towards leaving it at home so not resetting it (and thus not being able to login to at a kiosk).

But this also raises the question of them believing me that I can't login because I don't know my password.