Re: Whats happens if phone breaks for 2FA?

Hello friends,

I have recently enabled 2 factor authentication using google authenticator for different exchanges such as coinbase, kraken and some more applications.

My question is, what happens if my phone breaks or get lost? In my new phone if i install google authenticator with same phone number, will it automatically get backed up?

if not, what option will I have if phone is lost or broken?

Thanks

You should have received a backup code in the form of a QR-code, or a seed, see

https://support.coinbase.com/customer/portal/articles/2817262,
https://support.coinbase.com/customer/portal/articles/2488794-troubleshooting-2-factor-authentication,

I'm using coinbase here as an example, as im imagining Kraken & Bittrex will all be very similar to this.

Thanks for reply. So basically Google won't backup the authenticator applications? is there no option?

Nope, you will be fucked if you didn't backup your backup codes from those sites.