Just a friendly coinbase security warning for noobs

I set up 2fa earlier this year and realized that i never saved my authenticator totp seed (qr) that coinbase gives when you set up 2fa.

I was doing a bedtime security brainstorm and realized if I lost my phone I would probally be fucked with coinbase and their amazing customer service.

If you are in the same boat it is easy to fix.

Change 2fa to sms (just temp)

Disable authenticator 2fa in coinbase

ONLY AFTER LAST STEP, delete coinbase from your authenticator

Re activate authenticator 2fa in coinbase, it will give you a qr but no seed, tap the qr and it copies the 32 digit totp seed. Set it up again in your authenticator of choice and SAVE the qr and the totp seed.

Now sleep easy knowing if you lost your phone you can use this totp seed to generate another 6 digit code to re log into your coinbase account.

I know veterans know this but I figure it may help newer people like myself to make sure we don't screw ourselves

Make sure you go in order because if you delete coinbase in your authenticator before you remove it in coinbase you will not be able to access account because it will require a 2fa to remove the 2fa if that makes since.

!!!!!ONCE AGAIN MAKE SURE YOU HAVE SMS 2FA ON , THEN REMOVE AUTHENTICATOR FROM COINBASE AND ONLY THEN YOU REMOVE COINBASE FROM YOUR AUTHENTICATOR.!!!