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Generally agree here, but I'm thinking about real scenarios in which I may never be able to recover anything.

One scenario is traveling abroad and having my phone stolen/lost.



For an iPhone, a full backup via iTunes will include the authenticator app data, won't it?

And you'll be printing out emergency passwords when you set up two-factor either way.


It doesn't look like this works with the google authenticator app when restoring to a different device.

For emergency passwords, does that mean you're keeping a printed out copy with you when you travel?


yes.




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