Setup 2FA Authenticator WITHOUT Scanning QR Codes!

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Video Timestamps
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0:00 - Introduction to Manual 2FA Setup
0:22 - How to Manually Setup an Authenticator on one device
2:02 - Problems that may Arise while Manually Setting-up 2FA Security
2:24 - Quick Recap on How to Manually Setup a 2FA Security
2:39 - Two Important Advice About 2FA
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Manually setting up a 2FA security is surprisingly easy and can be accomplished in just 3 minutes! In this video, Josh walks you through the entire process on Twitter as well as addresses problems that may be encountered during the manual setup. There are also two important things you consider about using 2FA to make sure you don't get locked out of your accounts.

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[Ndisikasewe]

My God! I had to go through so many videos for me to get to your video, Non of them had a clear and concise demonstration of what I needed to learn. Thank you ! You are an excellent teacher!

[SYZYGYMediaMedia]

Nice clear instructions that helped! 👍

[mike_toronto]

Thanks - your video was informative and helpful.

[Techkomsan]

Amazing Video! You always bring the safe way for everyone 👍👍👍👍

[acocabarkapa]

This video is saved to my collection, thanks!

[Lonnieplaxico]

Thank you.I was able to sign on to facebook after watching your video.

[vip]

Hello, tell us in the next video about the Trezor hardware wallet and the U2F function. It is more convenient to use it, if you lose your Trezor or it breaks down, you can restore access to your assets with a phrase and, using the restored Trezor, go to the services to which the old Trezor was connected using U2F

[sergioreyes]

It somewhat helped. I deleted from an X cripto exchange, for example, from my Google Authenticator. How do I get the the QR code if I can’t access the X account?

[TheNextFiles]

The thing is when I set up that two-factor authentication with Samsung account that was from a device I don't have and it will not pull up with my new device please help?
And with samsung there's no option for no scam

[capnmark]

I ran into a "problem" today...one of my accounts gave me a QR code but no key to type in (while setting up my Yubikey authenticator app). When I scanned the QR code with my phone, it wanted to open in the other authenticator app I have rather than the 'url'. Any idea on how to get the key from a QR code? I tried a couple of solutions but none of them worked.

[bitsmart...]

what are ypu talking about!? i have made 2 steps bla bla bla and i still can not get code from the google authentication shmentication for the account that requires to log in a code!

[itzmeyaho]

My Nintendo switch is having this stupid problem and I don't know how to get a setup key

[gradexrehobothfashionandcr]

Thank you so much. But I am having many codes and non of them is correct when inserted

[paulkennedy]

Just found you and subscribed. Good content. Thank you. Question -- What if your computer is stolen and you have g mail set to recognize your computer and the person has your password with 2FA SMS code popping up on your Macbook message window- is your g mail account accessible without the Yubikey when your Yubikey is not set up to lock your computer? Thank you.

[ShyguySy]

does 2-FA code generator have to be on a device with data/internet access?

[neuideas]

In at least one case, when I was setting up TOTP 2fa, the site would not give me an option to copy a typewritten code, only giving me a QR code to work with. It wasn't a problem for me in that situation, because I was doing this on my computer, and my phone was free to scan the code, but this may not be the case for some folks. Are there screenshot readers?

[chill]

I need help because I lost my phone and I remember my discord passcode but I’ve already enabled 2 factor and I can’t log back on because my phone is lost.

[angerventing]

Well, very nice. I've just done this, expecting it to work universally everywhere, but he second part with the long code and the option to save it seems to only work on twitter. On the crypto Broker's site where I used the 2FA authentication, the option isn't there, so now the value of my phone technically isn't 200 USD, but 2200 USD, approximately (combined with the amount invested in the crypto on that site). Now I can't lose the phone or I am done. Well, I can still deactivate the 2FA there if needed. Since the title of the video doesn't say Twitter, I am assuming the assumption is it should work everywhere, otherwise Twitter would be mentioned in the title or the description. I guess the problem is I didn't access the site via phone.

I am also considering buying a backup phone and transfer the accounts and never take both of them with me, so I make sure one of my phones are secure at home in case one of them breaks or I lose it.

[diamonddemon]

I was outside when adding 2fa to my twitter account and I was planning to use a bunch of mirrors to scan the code

[allenbrunson]

So what if that is me? I need the seed code from when I set up. How do I get that back?