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		krzyk on April 10, 2019 \| parent \| context \| favorite \| on: Your Android Phone Is a Security Key SMS and authenticator won't work on a dead phone either, so you are left with keeping a paper with backup codes.

henryfjordan on April 10, 2019 | [–]

Or a second key.

What happens when your first and only Yubikey gets dropped in a puddle? You're also back to paper and backup codes.

macspoofing on April 10, 2019 | [–]

>so you are left with keeping a paper with backup codes.

It's not magic, there isn't any other way.

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