Ah, ok, having never owned an android phone, I didn't realize that you had to have a google account to activate the phone. Thanks for clarifying.
On Tuesday, September 18, 2012, Judah McAuley wrote: > > Not if your phone was the one that was on record and just wiped. > > On Tue, Sep 18, 2012 at 2:52 PM, Ray Champagne > <[email protected]<javascript:;>> > wrote: > > > > Maybe I am misunderstanding, but they send you the second > > authentication code via a text message, so there would be a way to get > > in... > > > > On Tue, Sep 18, 2012 at 4:42 PM, Judah McAuley > > <[email protected]<javascript:;>> > wrote: > >> > >> I like the two-factor authentication and have been using it for awhile > now. > >> > >> However, there is one giant, stupendous hole in it that hopefully you > >> will never fall into. > >> > >> I have a friend who has used two factor authentication for awhile and > >> who also owns an Android phone. She's pretty big on the Google > >> ecosystem. She's got her gmail account set up and her nicely tied in > >> Android phone and everything is sweet. Until the phone barfs a > >> hairball as they do sometimes and she takes it into Verizon. Verizon > >> wipes the phone (not bothering to ask her but that's another issue) > >> and resets it. Great. In order to set up the phone, you have to log > >> into your Google account. Except the Google account has two factor > >> authentication, so you have to authorize the phone to connect to your > >> Google account. Which you do by having Goggle send a message to your > >> phone (which is the second authentication factor)...which you can't > >> get into because it hasn't been set up yet because you can't get into > >> Google with it. > >> > >> D'oh. > >> > >> Certain situations, two factor authentication becomes a recursive > >> rabbit hole that you cannot escape. The rest of the time, it is > >> awesome security and a good idea. > >> > >> Judah > >> > >> On Tue, Sep 18, 2012 at 2:23 PM, Cameron Childress > >> <[email protected]<javascript:;>> > wrote: > >>> > >>> On Tue, Sep 18, 2012 at 4:42 PM, Vivec <[email protected]<javascript:;>> > wrote: > >>> > >>>> *sprawls on floor and looks at ceiling* > >>> > >>> > >>> Hah - yeah, It's not really all that bad... > >>> > >>> -Cameron > >> > >> > > > > > > ~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~| Order the Adobe Coldfusion Anthology now! http://www.amazon.com/Adobe-Coldfusion-Anthology/dp/1430272155/?tag=houseoffusion Archive: http://www.houseoffusion.com/groups/cf-community/message.cfm/messageid:355250 Subscription: http://www.houseoffusion.com/groups/cf-community/subscribe.cfm Unsubscribe: http://www.houseoffusion.com/groups/cf-community/unsubscribe.cfm
