Multi-factor authentication · Question 8 of 12

What are the recovery codes for in MFA?

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Answer

  • B As a fallback if the main method is missing

Explanation

Recovery codes are a fallback method: if, for example, the smartphone with the authenticator app is lost, a code still gets you into the backend once. They cannot be set up on their own.

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