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		archivator on May 23, 2012 \| parent \| context \| favorite \| on: The only way to get hold of a human at Google I'm pretty sure that's just for recovery. The actual setup involves scanning a QR code in the Authenticator app, which is the seed for the TOTP - http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Time-based_One-time_Password_Al...

jakobe on May 23, 2012 [–]

Yes, but they show you that QR code only AFTER you gave them your phone number and typed in the confirmation code.

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