So I’ll be traveling in such a way that I’ll be crossing the US border. I want to take a burner phone so I can wipe it, or have innocuous enough data. The problem: all my passwords are stored in a password manager that uses 2FA tied to my primary phone which will be sitting at home (along with other sites that use 2FA tied to authenticators on my phone).

So remembering passwords is out. And not having access to 2FA presents a catch-22. So what’s the best way to approach that?

  • propter_hog [mirror/your pronouns]
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    48 days ago

    How many services do you need to log into during the trip? If it’s a minimal set, you could temporarily change their passwords to something memorable, and then change it back using your password manager when you return.

    • Jabril [none/use name]
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      37 days ago

      Or get a second free password manager just for the stuff you need but aren’t worried about and temp change them, put them on second one, take just that one and change back after returning