News for hackers. Stuff that matters.

A comment on Gmail 2FA causes the homeless to permanently lose access 3 times a year. Parent comment

Re:Gmail 2FA causes the homeless to permanently lose access ... by jdminhbg on Friday October 07, 2022 @07:24PM (#33128189)
> I've often wondered that with a valid ID, that the gov does not give us an email noawdays. Especially one that does not require this asinine phone-validity garbage.

Can you even imagine the nightmare of trying to police the usage of such a thing? Everything from simple spamming to harassment to child pornography, all complicated by the stricter scrutiny the government gets for who it can decide not to provide services to.

[ Parent | on HN ]
Re:Gmail 2FA causes the homeless to permanently lose access ... by kortex on Saturday October 08, 2022 @01:01AM (#33129904)
Yes, with actual police. Why anyone would use a government- issue email tied to their identity to traffic CP is absolutely beyond me.
[ Parent | on HN ]
Re:Gmail 2FA causes the homeless to permanently lose access ... by out-of-ideas on Saturday October 08, 2022 @05:38AM (#33131014)
funny, USPS is still on the federal level last i was aware; and all your phone calls are monitored
[ Parent | on HN ]
Re:Gmail 2FA causes the homeless to permanently lose access ... by samdcbu on Saturday October 08, 2022 @03:34AM (#33130529)
This literally sounds like an FBI honeypot, they would love it.

The almost complete inability to moderate due to 1A is the largest of many fatal flaws in government run email

[ Parent | on HN ]