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Re:Gmail 2FA causes the homeless to permanently lose access ... by yellowapple on Friday October 07, 2022 @01:39PM (#33124543)
> Are homeless people's email accounts getting hacked three times per year?

The aversion to 2FA makes them seem like easy targets if I'm looking for addresses to use for spam.

> maybe getting hacked is worse, or maybe loosing access is worse, but the user should have the right to make that decision

Getting hacked makes losing access considerably more likely. This ain't one or the other.

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Re:Gmail 2FA causes the homeless to permanently lose access ... by Wowfunhappy on Friday October 07, 2022 @06:58PM (#33127973)
> The aversion to 2FA makes them seem like easy targets if I'm looking for addresses to use for spam.

If you want to spam people, why not just sign up for your own gmail account?

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Re:Gmail 2FA causes the homeless to permanently lose access ... by yellowapple on Friday October 07, 2022 @07:07PM (#33128061)
Because then it'd be tied to my number (assuming I haven't figured out some workaround) and could then be traced back to me.
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