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Re:Still locked out of my AWS account by wnevets on Friday July 07, 2017 @11:42AM (#14719242)
>Something there in the process is missing like "next of kin" recovery that should be mandatory when enabling 2FAs.

wouldn't this just weaken the second factor? Services that have bypasses to 2FA wind up rendering it useless.

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Re:Still locked out of my AWS account by roywiggins on Friday July 07, 2017 @12:53PM (#14719904)
NearlyFreeSpeech seems to have pretty comprehensive account recovery procedures, though I can't say I've ever used them.

https://faq.nearlyfreespeech.net/section/login/losteverythin...

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