In order to provide the services and features appropriate for the market and clients that we serve we have made certain policy choices.
The recovery code is provided as a QR code and a link which may be used to get to a recovery page where you can set a new password. You will be required to enter your phone number. This means that even if someone found your QR-code they could not access your account.If you are truly paranoid, you could even cut the QR code in half, keep one half and send the other to a trusted friend. Then to recover your account you would connect the two halves.