Gmail 2FA causes the homeless to permanently lose access 3 times a year

Re:Gmail 2FA causes the homeless to permanently lose access ... by spinlock on Friday October 07, 2022 @11:33AM (#33122715)

Yup. Why break 2FA when we could have the Obamaphone program work with the case workers so that they don’t loose track of people in the first place?

Also, homelessness isn’t the problem we think it is. It’s millions of problems. Any solution will never help more than a subset of the homeless population. We need to iterate on small solutions to make progress.

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Re:Gmail 2FA causes the homeless to permanently lose access ... by tdehnel on Friday October 07, 2022 @01:15PM (#33124226)

Utter nonsense. Mandated treatment for drug addiction and severe mental illness would tackle half the problem.

Then provide contingent housing based on staying sober, sticking to your treatment plan, and getting a job. You can graduate when you’re able to pay your own way.

For non-addict/mentally ill homeless, it’s housing contingent on employment, graduate when you can pay your own way.

This would solve 90% of the problem.

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