An older method of 2FA is “recovery questions”, where you’ll need to answer a question that, in theory, only you should know.

This might be the first teacher you had in school, or the name of your childhood pet.

Experts recommend against this form of 2FA, because in the age of social media, it’s usually trivial to find the answers to these questions.

When you’re setting up 2FA on your account, we recommend sticking with an authenticator app.

They might be annoying to set up, but they’re much better than the alternatives.