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Re:Gmail 2FA causes the homeless to permanently lose access ... by ImPostingOnHN on Friday October 07, 2022 @09:55AM (#33121365)
I find your worldview overly constrains the range of possibilities and eliminates reasonable ones, like expecting companies to not disproportionately harm those in our society who are least able to recover from or avoid the harm
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Re:Gmail 2FA causes the homeless to permanently lose access ... by lotsofpulp on Friday October 07, 2022 @10:06AM (#33121514)
Businesses are not harming anyone by not providing charity.

I struggle to see a reasonable possibility to the government either directly or legislating others to provide identification and communications services. One of the greatest utilities in the US is USPS, a monumental accomplishment to be able to provide communications to all people in the US.

Tacking on email (and identity verification services - which USPS already does via passports) should be a no brainer.

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