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My partner resets her Google password every time she logs in. It's just part of the normal flow for her. She probably does it with everything, but I'm not listed as a recovery on the other things.

Something better would be great. She's probably an extreme example, but I think we techy people tend to have a warped view of how comfortable "normal people" are with effective password management.



Google has the following. Would you consider it to be "something better"?

https://support.google.com/accounts/answer/6361026

I.e. use smartphone prompts as the first factor (without causing password resets), while the password is just a backup when the phone is not available.


> My partner resets her Google password every time she logs in. It's just part of the normal flow for her.

I also do that everywhere. As a matter of principle, I have decided to not remember any passwords in my life. I call it "login by email".




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