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Ryan_Parman
Dedicated Contributor
4 years ago

Feature Request: Simpler way to save 2FA/MFA backup codes

One of the areas of tedium I often encounter is managing the backup codes that are generated when I setup 2FA/MFA on a new account. They always tell you to print, but c'mon — it's 2022. I haven't own...
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1P_Ben
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4 years ago

@lightwood3983 What would be the purpose/value of keeping these recovery codes right next to the TOTP secret? I would suggest that in order for them to serve their purpose you'd have to store them outside of 1Password, which may be inadvisable for other reasons. For what it's worth, I do not store these codes at all. Your use case and threat model may be different, though. 😃

Ben