Say you were stranded with nothing

redzep
redzep
Community Member
in Mac

I know that 1password says you only have to memorize their master password. But if you are using 2 factor authentication elsewhere, than this does not hold true.

Let's say you woke up, like Michael Douglas in "The Game", stranded somewhere remote with nothing. You've got all your vitals stored in 1P which you sync via Dropbox (my case)

1) You get to a computer with an internet connection.
2) you log on to DB, but you've got 2FA enabled.
3) it sends an SMS to your phone.
4) which you don't have.

Now what?

I've thought of a way around this which is to have the 2FA SMS forward to a google voice number associated with a gmail account that doesn't have 2FA. .. at some point it seems like you have to relinquish 2FA in the chain or you are caught in a vicious circle.

Thoughts?

Comments

  • Jasper
    Jasper

    Hi @redzep,

    While 1Password allows you to just remember one password (your Master Password), knowing your Dropbox password as well can be helpful. That way you can access 1PasswordAnywhere in Dropbox if you're without your 1Password data.

    Obviously if you're using multi-factor authentication, you would need your phone (or applicable) device as well. It's up to you to decide whether MFA, or data availability in an event like you mentioned above is more important.

    Please let us know if you have any other questions. :)

  • redzep
    redzep
    Community Member

    What do you mean by MFA? I hear you on all other points. It's not so much a question as I'm wondering how other users go about tackling this potentially "infinite loop"

  • Jasper
    Jasper

    MFA = multi-factor authentication :)

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