It makes me do the three-number selection thing like 2-3 times. One time, after completing it correctly (3 times in a row, mind you), it still blocked my login.
I am very fearful of the day I just can’t login to my account anymore.
Time to diversify a little
My phone once died at work and I needed to write my gf. While I had my phone in the charger I thought I could just do it on my work PC (HA! What a funny joke). “Check your phone. Can’t do that? Check your email.” I try to log into my email. “Lol, check your phone.”
Using OTP you just need a program that can generate codes. It can be your PC
2FA: Literally my case here, too bad my email also had 2FA pointed towards my phone.
And I don’t have my personal password manager on my work computer. Not to mention it wouldn’t save me from this 2FA chain that makes me phone the only valid key.
The moral of the story is ofc don’t use Gmail or stuff that only trusts your bloody phone.
There are programs for PC that can generate those authentication codes, bypassing the need for a phone
It is becoming ridiculous.
