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Unpopular take: turning off two-factor authentication helped me more than it hurt
I know everyone preaches 2FA as the holy grail, but after my phone died at a coffee shop in Austin last week and I got locked out of my email for three days, I started rethinking it. The recovery process was a nightmare because my backup codes were in my house, and I was 500 miles away. I switched to a hardware security key instead and honestly it's been smoother. Has anyone else found 2FA through SMS or apps to be a bigger hassle than it's worth in certain situations?
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