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Re:How Discord Went Mainstream by technofiend on Thursday March 14, 2019 @12:49PM (#19391006)
It's great until you discover that Google's migration tool doesn't port Google Authenticator data when you switch phones. Ask me how I know. :-)
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Re:How Discord Went Mainstream by Notorious_BLT on Thursday March 14, 2019 @01:13PM (#19391263)
You can recover 2FA if you're already signed in on any other device though. You just have to enter your password on the device you are signed in on.
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Re:How Discord Went Mainstream by technofiend on Thursday March 14, 2019 @06:45PM (#19394658)
Uh, no saying "any other device" is too sweeping of a generalization. You must be logged into a browser specifically: You cannot turn two factor off from the app.
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