this post was submitted on 29 Apr 2025
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TranscriptA wafrn woot (post) by @[email protected] saying "Microsoft Authenticator needs me to validate with Authenticator in order to log in with Authenticator to use it to authenticate another app with Authenticator. Here is the app telling me to open itself to validate itself with itself. #infosec #iHateComputers" It has a screenshot showing the microsoft authenticator app.

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[–] [email protected] 1 points 2 days ago

Google has really good support for backup 2FA and will actually nag users to add backup methods from time to time. Add another account or your partner's account as a backup method yesterday if you don't have any backup 2FA