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		nottorp 45 days ago \| parent \| context \| favorite \| on: We all dodged a bullet > With that in mind, at a glance the idea of changing your two-factor auth credentials "for security reasons" isn't completely unreasonable. No? How do you change your 2FA? Buy a new phone? A new Yubikey?

croemer 45 days ago [–]

For TOTP it's as simple as scanning a new QR code.

I agree that rotating 2FA should ring alarm bells as an unusual request. But that requires thinking.

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