Two-factor authentication is a mess

Re:Two-factor authentication is a mess by cname on Monday July 10, 2017 @11:22AM (#14736722)

I got a $20 fire-resistant lock box just to keep my backup codes in, written down on index cards.

It was a huge pain in the ass to go back into all my accounts and get the codes. In many cases, I had to reset 2FA to get the codes. But now that I've done this, it's easy to keep up when adding 2FA to an account, and I no longer have the anxiety of worrying about getting locked out of important accounts.

Another idea I've been considering is a separate password manager account (from a different provider) just for backup codes. It would have a really hard password and 2FA stored on paper.

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Re:Two-factor authentication is a mess by BlackjackCF on Monday July 10, 2017 @11:34AM (#14736861)

Completely unrelated to 2FA... but what kind of fire-resistant lock box did you get? I'm looking into something like this for the same reason.

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