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Installed Steam on a new computer. Signed in. It sent a passcode to my GMail. I signed into GMail. It wanted me to 2FA because I hadn't signed into Google on that device. It sent a notification to my phone, which I never received. I had it resend the notification twice, still nothing. Tried again with my phone's offline passcodes. Neither worked. Tried the QR code/Bluetooth connection, and that finally did it.

At least I got through in the end, but fuck, it's annoying.

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[โ€“] foxontherocks@hexbear.net 8 points 1 day ago (1 children)

Your phone is also likely the least secure device you have. Mine at least has a measly 6 digit password. A human shadowing you could easy watch you input a password and steal your phone.

[โ€“] Biggay@hexbear.net 9 points 1 day ago* (last edited 1 day ago)

I have a decent gift for memorizing numbers and patterns, and you would not believe how many friends PINS and phone passwords I know just from being around them.