Source: https://mstdn.isometry.group/@Cahatstrophe2/117323121764942610
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@[email protected]: you’ve heard of two factor authentication. you’re heard of three factor authentication. now get ready for just never being able to fucking log in at all

They may work, this was years ago before OTP was so widespread, and I don’t remember if it had a recovery email associated or not. I just remember I had the right password and it wouldn’t let me in anyway
Same thing happened to me. Recovery email means nothing to them, even with the correct username and password and recovery email code, I’m still locked out that account