If you think about it the last option is a way to use login via 2fa
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Nah it's just SFA with extra steps.
Magic link login with extra steps
But you only need one factor, access to your inbox?
So it's more like SSO authentication
It's all good until you get into a dependency loop with your email account passwords needing resetting, that have the email from the other account that needs resetting :P
That’s easy, just create new accounts every time you login.
The big brain move is going to reset your password, getting told you can't use your current password when you type in a "new" one, then going back to the login screen to log in.
And have the password still not work.
There was one time I was traveling and had to reset one of my passwords. It sent a verification code via email but my email provider wouldn’t let me login because I was in a different country I’ve never been to before. So it was a train of recovery processes to reser my password on a single account.
Run a VPN server at home, any decent router should be able to run one. Then you can be anywhere in the world and every site will still think you are at home.
I can smell the Linux crowd rushing to suggest a better method.