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Does anyone know how one can recover your Gmail account which has Two Factor Authentication enabled when

  • you lose the printed codes?
  • your authorized phone + laptop are unavailable?

I lost my laptop bag (cellphone + laptop + wallet) and have 2 factor authentication enabled - and for better or worse (worse right now!) I had decided to assign my Google account as the center of my digital identity.

Is there a phone number I can call them up on? Or any other setting / configuration?

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What device are you using now? How are you authenticated to Super User? – cpast Feb 10 at 2:25
Wait for 4 days (without login, ofcourse) and use forget password to receive reset instructions on backup email or phone (SMS). – Sachin Shekhar Feb 10 at 2:54
Not really a "solution" but I found the missing piece of luggage and recovered it. But now I'm very intrigued on what the official recovery mechanism is because one can't count on getting lucky everytime. Google should really have a 800 number (perhaps even charge $10 or something for the manual intervention). 4 days without access is disaster for business... – Sid Feb 10 at 20:28
Ahh, what exactly do you think should happen when you call an 0800 number? Consider how exactly Google could differentiate between you and a hacker. – MaryC.fromNZ Feb 11 at 13:05
@MaryC.fromNZ Well, one would phone authenticate all the information provided on your google account (eg. Microsoft Live Xbox account support). One could also photocopy the driver's license or any govt form of identification. This problem (physical-world user authentication) has been solved before, no need to reinvent the wheel unless its a better wheel. – Sid Feb 11 at 21:16
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