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A few months ago Google wouldn't even accept backup tokens for me. I was on vacation, and that tripped enough fraud detectors to cause problems. I couldn't log back in till I got on my home network and changed my password.


Back in the old days with no 2FA and only username/password access geolocation lockouts happened every time I went travelling. You could regain access by getting a code from a recovery email, but that often got locked out as well!

Eventually I set up my own VPN server so that the services still thought I was using my home IP.




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