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

Re:Gmail 2FA causes the homeless to permanently lose access ... by makeitdouble on Friday October 07, 2022 @02:24PM (#33125096)

How many passwords does an homeless person need to remember ?

I’m with you that an average person is probably using at least dozens of services that need credentials, but these people are probably not login on Amazon or checking their 401k online for instance, nd can probably get by with a a very limited set of stuff to remember.

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Re:Gmail 2FA causes the homeless to permanently lose access ... by abeyer on Friday October 07, 2022 @08:49PM (#33128774)

If they're relying on government social services, they may well have a whole plethora of accounts to manage that.

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Re:Gmail 2FA causes the homeless to permanently lose access ... by makeitdouble on Saturday October 08, 2022 @04:22AM (#33130710)

I don't know how dire it is in general, but there's at least a fighting chance to have some kind of unified login at that level. NThinking about it, now that many "casual" sites also accept google login the number of accounts needed might really be minimal.

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Re:Gmail 2FA causes the homeless to permanently lose access ... by abeyer on Saturday October 08, 2022 @11:36PM (#33138060)

Unfortunately (at least in the US) these types of services tend to be a patchwork of different agencies at different levels of government... you'll potentially see local, regional, state, and federal all for one person. If you're lucky agencies at the same level might share a unified login of some sort, but good luck finding that across different levels.

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Re:Gmail 2FA causes the homeless to permanently lose access ... by Jweb_Guru on Saturday October 08, 2022 @07:11AM (#33131361)

You really only need one very secure password (to your Gmail account) and you can store all the others there.

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