Any plans this weekend?

[Baddish]

If it's important, and you are accident prone, then have a second phone as a backup. Otherwise, what would be your suggestion for a paper printout solution equivalent of your boarding pass?

What is your backup plan for if you break the computer you use to do your work on?

This is the responsibility of the technology companies to make these services accessible and to not have this dependency on a working mobile device.

But for a suggestion perhaps yes, they could have in a web version of google authenticator with a back up method of operation where it is required to go into your security settings and configure some security questions and answeres that it would make it secure to generate a code from in the web view.

[eek]

This is the responsibility of the technology companies to make these services accessible and to not have this dependency on a working mobile device.

But for a suggestion perhaps yes, they could have in a web version of google authenticator with a back up method of operation where it is required to go into your security settings and configure some security questions and answeres that it would make it secure to generate a code from in the web view.

The whole point of 2FA on a mobile device is that your know a particular person has access to an authorised device...

A website accessible from anywhere does not provide anything like the same level of security....

[Baddish]

The whole point of 2FA on a mobile device is that your know a particular person has access to an authorised device...

A website accessible from anywhere does not provide anything like the same level of security....

Does the 2FA i have to be assocaited with a telephone number of a person - that is to say, must the device have SIM card? Because I also have ipad. Perhaps I can set it to work on there.

[vetran]

Does the 2FA i have to be assocaited with a telephone number of a person - that is to say, must the device have SIM card? Because I also have ipad. Perhaps I can set it to work on there.

Microsoft do a 2fa authenticator app for Android and IOS. Not as convenient as the phone.

[ladymuck]

I nearly reported a bug because I thought somehow a thread in Technical had become merged with a thread in General.

[d000hg]

With this MFA that doesn't seem to be an option and I don't find this acceptable.

Life ain't fair. tulip happens. Etc.

[northernladuk]

This is the responsibility of the technology companies to make these services accessible and to not have this dependency on a working mobile device.

But you have a responsibility to not break your kit. If you do there is a slight interruprtion of a day (or less) to get new kit. You are really making a mountain out of a mole hill. You could have gone down the shop and been up and running in less time than you've spent moaning on here.

[vetran]

But you have a responsibility to not break your kit. If you do there is a slight interruprtion of a day (or less) to get new kit. You are really making a mountain out of a mole hill. You could have gone down the shop and been up and running in less time than you've spent moaning on here.

or just take the old phone out of the drawer for us hoarders.

[ladymuck]

or just take the old phone out of the drawer for us hoarders.

I discovered a boxed Pixel 3a when clearing out my drawers the other day.

I had wondered what I'd done with it.

[vetran]

I discovered a boxed Pixel 3a when clearing out my drawers the other day.

I had wondered what I'd done with it.

not just me then!