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Re:Google announces passwordless by default: Make the switch... by Macha on Tuesday October 10, 2023 @12:50PM (#37834501)
I've been locked permanently out of a (thankfully tertiary) Gmail account because their ML didn't like that I logged in from my new house. The option was to accept a push notification to a long dead and wiped phone.
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Re:Google announces passwordless by default: Make the switch... by TheNewsIsHere on Tuesday October 10, 2023 @12:59PM (#37834612)
Their state handling for the push notification based MFA factors is _atrocious_. I have had to “re-delete” a long wiped phone (or two) multiple times from more than one account. It seems to have finally stuck in the past year, but I’m suspicious that one day it could bite me in the ass.
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