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> I presume option #2 is the one cubicle67 is referring to.

I'm pretty sure the backup phone number is someone else's phone, not yours. I use my wife's phone number.

If you lose your phone (and thus access to the Google Authenticator app), you can send a code to the backup phone (for example, my wife's phone) allowing you to login.




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