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Re:NY Man Pleads Guilty in $20M SIM Swap Theft by sleepy_keita on Thursday December 16, 2021 @09:10PM (#29586884)
Japan Post provides this service, except the postman goes to your door and asks for ID and verifies it on the spot. It's very easy, and an extremely cheap way for services to verify identities (it's just +100JPY on the regular postal fare)
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Re:NY Man Pleads Guilty in $20M SIM Swap Theft by tdeck on Thursday December 16, 2021 @11:18PM (#29587690)
This seems like like it would only work in a country like Japan where the mail carrier would be on time. What if you're not home when they arrive? In the US they'd give you a 4 hour window and then show up 2 hours after the end of it.
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Re:NY Man Pleads Guilty in $20M SIM Swap Theft by GoblinSlayer on Friday December 17, 2021 @11:20AM (#29594261)
They leave a notice that you received a verified letter, then you go the post office.
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