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Old 08-20-2014, 03:36 PM  
dave90210
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Join Date: Mar 2007
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Without my phone sending me a code every time I log I won't be able to assign it to another phone. I would need my phone to get the code the site sends to the authenticator to login. The phone essentially is the key to login. Without the key I can't login at all on any device!

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Originally Posted by Slappin Fish View Post
You don't need to authenticate every time you log on. You authenticate your laptop and desktop once per site and if you lose your phone you can use these machines you already authenticated to log in as usual and disable 2SA. Once disabled it won't be linked to that particular phone anymore, so when you buy a new phone you just re-enable and start again with the new qr code.
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