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

Re:Gmail 2FA causes the homeless to permanently lose access ... by zoredache on Friday October 07, 2022 @03:44PM (#33126024)

> So what kind of 2FA would be homeless-proof?

Almost certainly is a bad idea. But the first thing that seems like it could work would be an implantable nfc yubikey. Then making more devices support nfc.

I know I would be pretty tempted to get an implantable 2FA device if one was available and seemed like it would have both broad and long term support.

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Re:Gmail 2FA causes the homeless to permanently lose access ... by xvector on Friday October 07, 2022 @03:50PM (#33126096)

How could you possibly come to the conclusion that a homeless person could afford a surgically implanted 2fa token?

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Re:Gmail 2FA causes the homeless to permanently lose access ... by indrora on Friday October 07, 2022 @05:59PM (#33127389)

Ah, yes

I can read the headline now

“GOVERNMENT PROGRAM TO CHIP HOMELESS PEOPLE LIKE DOGS TO PROVE IDENTITY”

I implore you to read The Scarlet Letter and perhaps read up on [similar such things](https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Identification_of_inmates_in_G...).

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Re:Gmail 2FA causes the homeless to permanently lose access ... by Kamq on Friday October 07, 2022 @07:51PM (#33128397)

Oh come on now, you're being a little harsh. They prefixed the comment with "Almost certainly would be a bad idea"

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