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

Re:Gmail 2FA causes the homeless to permanently lose access ... by Bakary on Saturday October 08, 2022 @09:18AM (#33132036)

Maybe Google can do something. Just it probably shouldn't be something that alters security measures for billions.

I'm not dismissing the whole issue, just that it was presented in a way that's not actually conducive to helping the homeless.

If you remove forced 2FA, you would be dismissing the hundreds of thousands (at minimum) of tech illiterate people out of the 1.5 billion users who would get cleaned out in the coming weeks. Why do their lives not factor into your calculus? Are they not vulnerable too? All of this for a measure that could be resolved in so many other ways.

This is the problem I'm trying to illustrate. This sort of moral appeal helps no one, and in fact endangers other populations. If the goal truly were to help people, no one would EVER suggest an alteration that would expose billions for the benefit of thousands.

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Re:Gmail 2FA causes the homeless to permanently lose access ... by rini17 on Sunday October 16, 2022 @04:49AM (#33222166)

You really expect people caring for homeless to come with some ready made technically feasible solution? Of course they will do moral appeals and suggest potentially dangerous solutions first. That happens all the time! Getting a response "that aint gonna work get away" isn't appropriate here. Dialogue is, and for that we must listen a bit.

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