<p>Yes. Your right.</p>

<p>A lot of 2FA/U2F enabled websites/webservices have such "recovery" methods.
2FA/U2F only works in the right way when you can't recover your login credentials if your second factor has been lost/not-available.</p>

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Jonas Schnelli
<p>Kraken allows users to create a masterkey that is just a password. Wouldn't creating a password to bypass 2FA completely negate 2FA?</p>

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Doesn't creating a masterkey password on Kraken void the protection of 2FA?
Ryan
# Doesn't creating a masterkey password on Kraken void the protection of 2FA?

(Asked by: username_0 on 2018-01-05)

Kraken allows users to create a masterkey that is just a password. Wouldn't creating a password to bypass 2FA completely negate 2FA?

**Tags:** kraken, two-factor-authentication


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### Answer by username_1 on 2018-01-05. Score: 0 | Accepted answer

Yes. Your right.

A lot of 2FA/U2F enabled websites/webservices have such "recovery" methods.
2FA/U2F only works in the right way when you can't recover your login credentials if your second factor has been lost/not-available.


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