Your Backup codes - Important

Swarfega · 23 Dec 2022 at 14:11

Ha. I can totally relate. When outlook.com launched I grabbed

[email protected]

I've had pizza receipts. A car receipt from VW and even the guy sending his work payslips. Ironically the guy lives in the same city as me. Small world.

Deleted member 77746 · 23 Dec 2022 at 15:09

^^ this is why I never grab firstname.secondname I used to but then realised people will spam it a lot more so I deleted it and got a different one.

Swarfega · 23 Dec 2022 at 15:40

GaryTheSnail said:
^^ this is why I never grab firstname.secondname I used to but then realised people will spam it a lot more so I deleted it and got a different one.

I signed up for the account but honestly it's not really used. It's only really used for Microsoft services.

Deleted member 77746 · 23 Dec 2022 at 15:42

Swarfega said:
I signed up for the account but honestly it's not really used. It's only really used for Microsoft services.

Then safely said you can ignore the email part and just use it for other services, I have to do this as well.

Feek · 23 Dec 2022 at 15:44

GaryTheSnail said:
^^ this is why I never grab firstname.secondname I used to but then realised people will spam it a lot more so I deleted it and got a different one.

I learned this the hard way, except to the extreme. I signed up on the first day that BT Internet went live and my original email address was simply [email protected]. Can you imagine how much rubbish I used to get.

Deleted member 77746 · 23 Dec 2022 at 15:45

Feek said:
I learned this the hard way, except to the extreme. I signed up on the first day that BT Internet went live and my original email address was simply [email protected]. Can you imagine how much rubbish I used to get.

I've just had to change about 80 accounts email/login manually as I used my Zen ISP address for everything. oops! All done though just took a while.

Tbid2 · 23 Dec 2022 at 15:46

Unfortunately I've fallen foul to not saving my 2FA backup codes for this forum

I use Authy now to manage my 2FA codes for various services as well as saving the backup codes in my 1Password account. Hopefully I can get my original oc account restored!

Deleted member 77746 · 23 Dec 2022 at 15:46

Tbid2 said:
Unfortunately I've fallen foul to not saving my 2FA backup codes for this forum I use Authy now to manage my 2FA codes for various services as well as saving the backup codes in my 1Password account. Hopefully I can get my original oc account restored!

BitWarden + Authy is a perfect combo.

Swarfega · 23 Dec 2022 at 15:59

GaryTheSnail said:
BitWarden + Authy is a perfect combo.

I just switched from Aegis (Android) to a Yubikey with their OTP app and (where supported) U2F. My codes are stored in KeePass along with all my other passwords.

I'd like to use BitWarden but I can't give up KeePass's Auto-type feature.

Deleted member 77746 · 23 Dec 2022 at 16:03

I don't think I would ever move to a key type authentication. I can't justify the cost of a physical key IMO.

Swarfega · 23 Dec 2022 at 16:11

Yeah, they are not cheap. There's also a real lack of support from sites. It's only large sites that support them and even then some large sites don't. Eg Microsoft. Oddly enough it's a xenforo feature so these Overclockers forums support hardware keys.

Deleted member 77746 · 23 Dec 2022 at 16:21

Swarfega said:
Yeah, they are not cheap. There's also a real lack of support from sites. It's only large sites that support them and even then some large sites don't. Eg Microsoft. Oddly enough it's a xenforo feature so these Overclockers forums support hardware keys.

My concern is loosing the only one thing to allow me access. Is there a backup solution with these "keys"?

Swarfega · 23 Dec 2022 at 16:37

Yeah. For the most part you're told to get a second key. The alternative is to use use OTP or backup codes. Obviously backup codes and OTP are software so these lessen your overall security when owning a physical hardware key.

Majority of sites force you to have OTP or codes as a backup method. These forums require backup codes for example.

Deleted member 77746 · 23 Dec 2022 at 16:54

Swarfega said:
Yeah. For the most part you're told to get a second key. The alternative is to use use OTP or backup codes. Obviously backup codes and OTP are software so these lessen your overall security when owning a physical hardware key.

Majority of sites force you to have OTP or codes as a backup method. These forums require backup codes for example.

Then you need to load the key all over again if it's lost. Hell nah. :cry:

Swarfega · 23 Dec 2022 at 16:58

Just don't lose your key
I have a tag on mine to help me locate it.

Tbid · 23 Dec 2022 at 17:23

Tbid2 said:
Unfortunately I've fallen foul to not saving my 2FA backup codes for this forum I use Authy now to manage my 2FA codes for various services as well as saving the backup codes in my 1Password account. Hopefully I can get my original oc account restored!

And as if by magic, I'm back!

Deleted member 77746 · 23 Dec 2022 at 17:25

Swarfega said:
Just don't lose your key
I have a tag on mine to help me locate it.

What goods a tag if the person can just take it off and throw the tag away, you will never find it again. Can the key be wiped or does it need a login of some sort?

Feek · 23 Dec 2022 at 17:35

Tbid said:
And as if by magic, I'm back!

And you've saved your codes in multiple safe places, right?

Deleted member 77746 · 23 Dec 2022 at 17:51

Feek said:
And you've saved your codes in multiple safe places, right?

ofc not!

Scougar · 23 Dec 2022 at 17:52

This is the equivalent of writing down on a post-it note your password IMO.