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Re:Gmail 2FA causes the homeless to permanently lose access ... by judge2020 on Friday October 07, 2022 @11:02AM (#33122298)
Passports require the most paperwork out of anything - your in particular, a birth certificate, a second form of ID including a driver's license, a photo, and $130+$35. The USPS isn't just looking at a face and issuing a passport.

0The issue here is that homeless don't hold onto anything physical for 4 months; identity verification breaks down in-person immediately as shelters/libraries can't be expected to run a facial recognition operation, and specific shelter employees/volunteers aren't guaranteed to be there anytime a homeless person might walk in and need those backup codes, but it breaks down even further online since 2fa is inherently 'what you know' + ('what you have'/'who you are').

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Re:Gmail 2FA causes the homeless to permanently lose access ... by lotsofpulp on Friday October 07, 2022 @11:09AM (#33122400)
> Passports require the most paperwork out of anything - your in particular, a birth certificate, a second form of ID including a driver's license, a photo, and $130+$35. The USPS isn't just looking at a face and issuing a passport.

The point is the hardest part of the problem is already solved - which is the physical infrastructure and labor. As for not holding onto physical items, USPS also has little boxes that people can keep their belongings in.

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