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Re:Gmail 2FA causes the homeless to permanently lose access ... by asdfasgasdgasdg on Friday October 07, 2022 @12:00PM (#33123112)
If the service is truly vital it should be provided by the government, not Google. The government would also be free to set security policies and provide support at the level and cost demanded by the public. It is not and should not be the role of a private enterprise to act as a backstop for the fabric of society when it is not in their interests or their customers' overall interests.
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Re:Gmail 2FA causes the homeless to permanently lose access ... by tsimionescu on Friday October 07, 2022 @01:33PM (#33124457)
The vital services are provided by the government, but require an email address. Some people have trusted Google to be their email provider, and Google is failing some of those people by denying them access unnecessarily.
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Re:Gmail 2FA causes the homeless to permanently lose access ... by 8note on Friday October 07, 2022 @01:55PM (#33124743)
If vital services rely on email, email is a vital service
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Re:Gmail 2FA causes the homeless to permanently lose access ... by asdfasgasdgasdg on Friday October 07, 2022 @02:18PM (#33125035)
I'm saying that if the public/government doesn't feel like Google's security policies are compatible with the homeless, the simplest solution is to set up a government-run email host.
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Re:Gmail 2FA causes the homeless to permanently lose access ... by tsimionescu on Saturday October 08, 2022 @02:36AM (#33130294)
Sure, the government should.

But we should also expect Google to give a small crap about the troubles it's putting some of its users through, especially when this is so important to some of its most vulnerable users, and adding an option to disable 2FA is such a small feature for a Mega corporation.

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Re:Gmail 2FA causes the homeless to permanently lose access ... by paintman252 on Friday October 07, 2022 @03:44PM (#33126026)
umm you DO know that Gmail isn't only free email, right? Like, just use another one which doesn't force 2FA. Why is this become an issue? I don't get it
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