Security News > 2020 > December > Top 5 ways to protect MFA codes

What if you lose your phone? Tom Merritt lists five additional ways to receive MFA codes, without SMS. Someone wrote in, after seeing my Top 5 about avoiding using SMS for multi-factor authentication, and asked, "Do you have any suggestions on how to protect myself from getting locked out of my accounts if my phone disappears or dies?" Great question.

One advantage of SMS multi-factor authentication is that when you get your phone number on a new phone all the factors will get texted to you there.

Which is one reason you might not want to use SMS. What if you're not using SMS and you lose your phone? Here are five ways to protect MFA codes if you lose your phone, without resorting to SMS. SEE: Secure your data with two-factor authentication.

Whether it's a second phone or a tablet, you can scan the same QR code you used to set up the app on your phone to set it up on an additional device.

Hopefully, you don't lose your phone, but if you do, these preventative measures may save you from that long account recovery phone call.

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