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Re:Ask HN: Carrier “lost” my number in a port request by jrochkind1 on Wednesday November 02, 2022 @10:07AM (#33436010)
On the other hand, a family member set up facebook with 2FA, but using a TOTP built into facebook (is this really a thing? It seems to be) -- such that when he switched computers and facebook decided he needed to re-auth, he couldn't get to the TOTP anymore.

If this doesn't make any sense, it probably is because I have the details quite right, but the end result is I was unable to help him make any more sense of this, and there appears to be literally no way to regain access to his facebook account.

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Re:Ask HN: Carrier “lost” my number in a port request by dylan604 on Wednesday November 02, 2022 @10:28AM (#33436360)
>and there appears to be literally no way to regain access to his facebook account.

a blessing in disguise perhaps?

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