Comment by soheil

Github has blocked access to my account with 10s of popular projects because one day they randomly sent me an email to click on a link to enable 2fa auth. I was coerced to enable it. A while later I lost access to the phone where the 2fa auth app was installed not having back up codes since I was pushed to enable 2fa in a rush now I'm completely locked out. I contacted support no fewer than 15 times with them saying I need to create a new account since I did not link my cell phone nor have back up codes. I had that account for over a decade and now I cannot even control the projects I was working on nor access any of my private repos. I have been communicating with them using the email I have on my account, but this is not sufficient for them to restore access to my account.