# Account Recovery

DevFeed: [Account Recovery](<https://devfeed.tech/articles/account-recovery-36656.md>)

Original publisher: [Read original article](<https://shostack.org/blog/account-recovery/>)

Author: Adam

Published: 2017-04-19T00:00:00Z

Content type: opinion

Language: en

Sources: [Shostack & Friends Blog](<https://devfeed.tech/sources/shostack-friends-blog.md>)

Topics: [password reset](<https://devfeed.tech/topics/password-reset.md>), [Authentication](<https://devfeed.tech/topics/authentication.md>), [Security](<https://devfeed.tech/topics/security.md>), [passwords](<https://devfeed.tech/topics/passwords.md>), [account](<https://devfeed.tech/topics/account.md>), [Protocol (disambiguation)](<https://devfeed.tech/topics/protocol.md>), [trust](<https://devfeed.tech/topics/trust.md>)

Tags: [authentication](<https://devfeed.tech/tags/authentication.md>), [password](<https://devfeed.tech/tags/password.md>), [protocol](<https://devfeed.tech/tags/protocol.md>), [recovery](<https://devfeed.tech/tags/recovery.md>), [security](<https://devfeed.tech/tags/security.md>), [trust](<https://devfeed.tech/tags/trust.md>)

## AI overview

This commentary examines weaknesses in traditional account recovery, especially security questions based on personal information. It discusses delegated account recovery as an alternative in which trusted providers help users verify their identity after they forget passwords or lose two-factor authentication codes.

## Source excerpt

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