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How you all prevent Password/OTP/TOTP deadlocks?

I have read quite a few posts about preventing account password takeover from various malicious ways, and many OPSEC measures are there to prevent it from happening.

Consider a case where you face a total blackout or technical failure. Now, you need to log in to your password manager, which requires either OTP on email or TOTP. You don't have access to the TOTP app because the backup is stored in cloud storage, whose email login also requires OTP.

How would you prevent such from happening?I haven't found a satisfactory solution or explanation for that yet.

vrighter ,

keep a copy of the db on your phone. I set up syncthing so the "cloud" I back up to is just my phone. You can obviously use other methods too for redundancy. I also use keepass, so my database is in my control.

vividstructure ,

I backed up the most important passwords and recovery codes on paper.

xilliah ,
@xilliah@beehaw.org avatar

Bonus: cut it up and entrust it it to trusted people in envelopes. In case something happens they can combine their secrets to get access.

kevincox ,
@kevincox@lemmy.ml avatar

I created a USB with an encrypted copy of my root password to a few people. It also has backups of encrypted passwords databases and some other useful files.

xilliah ,
@xilliah@beehaw.org avatar

FYI data on USB sticks might not last as long as you might expect.

Ozy ,
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3-2-1 rule, 3 backups, 2 locations, 1 off-site

but it's more like 3-3-2 for me tbh

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