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Something that is infuriating is that when you have 2FA enabled on Google, they insist that you add a backup phone number that a bot calls to give you a verification code, in case, you know, you lost your second factor. Which is nice and all, but now, you're back to having a second factor that is about as vulnerable as SMS.


You can remove the phone after you add another factor (ex: TOTP device).




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