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Re:Gmail 2FA causes the homeless to permanently lose access ... by UncleMeat on Friday October 07, 2022 @11:55AM (#33123042)
> I'd rather get my accounts hacked because of password reuse than lose access to my email, forever.

When your account is stolen the attacker changes your password. You lose access to your email forever and lose access to all of the services that use your email as a recovery platform.

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Re:Gmail 2FA causes the homeless to permanently lose access ... by crooked-v on Friday October 07, 2022 @07:20PM (#33128162)
The point here is that that happens to these people already. I'm sure they'd much rather have only a chance of it happening than it being a guarantee.
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