some dipshit on the Internet without a shred of humanity

Fuck right off, buddy. You confessed to making dumb security choices on the internet and got mocked for it, yeah. This has nothing to do with “oh the humanity!”

Believe it or not, the best engineers in the world can’t help if you lose your backup codes. You know, the ones that you can use when you need MFA but don’t have your phone? Removing MFA because you had trouble one time “is the mark of a moron but true genius”.

No, it’s not the same thing at all. It’s an analogous thing. Reducing account security because you lost your credential isn’t very smart and that’s the common denominator in both examples.

Yeah, I also had a beautiful moment trying to use Google’s find my phone feature in another country when I didn’t know my password. Used “password123” after that near nightmare.

Security works best when it’s really easy to get into my account even though I don’t remember my credentials.