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== Emergency tokens : IMPORTANT, read this ==

When you set up 2FA, you'll be given a number of emergency tokens. You can re-use one of these if you can't use your smartphone (eg: if it gets broken, stolen or sold). ''You only get shown these tokens when you sign up and never again'', so make a copy of them by selecting them from your browser and copy / pasting into Notepad. If you don't keep these tokens and also have a problem gettingusing the additionalyour authentication codedevice, you '''will be locked out of your account''' unless you have access!

:These can only be used one time ever each and it may take two of them to turn of 2FA.

* You still need to follow [[Wikipedia:SECURITY|good security practices]]. Don't use your name, date of birth or anything obvious as a password that can be guessed in a simple [[dictionary attack]], don't write your password down in a place anyone else can see it, and consider whether or not it's a good idea to log into public terminals including schools, libraries and airports.