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Message: <blockquote data-quote="infernocus" data-source="post: 31058567" data-attributes="member: 588217">how can you access to google account without having access to any form of the 2FA in the first placeThis is not a problem of Authenticator apps in general, but problem in google authenticator.Anyhow, if you are an Android user, compromised google account means, your SMS are also compromised, and If you want to change your number and if you don't remember all the sites you gave your phone number for OTP, you will ended up in very interesting and reliable situation, specially as a Sri Lankan because all the old numbers get re-cycled in 6 months.Wait until you start travel internationally to understand the reliability of SMSalso SMS is one of the easiest to steal. If you are an Android user, and check how many apps can read your SMS, some apps request (and we grant) SMS read permissions, to just to autofill OTP, but some cases those apps gets access to read any SMS you receive.</blockquote>

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