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It‘s quite hard to provide a second factor if you can‘t have any belongings because you either lose them or they get stolen (eg. homeless people battling addict
by vestrigi 5y ago
It‘s quite hard to provide a second factor if you can‘t have any belongings because you either lose them or they get stolen (eg. homeless people battling addiction). Personal devices and yubikeys are ruled out. Biometric features could be another factor, although hard to implement.
At a library, a staff member could create authenticator codes for people who often visit and are recognized by the staff. The visitor would then request to see the code if they need it. Of course this is a lot of effort for the library to identify people and the visitors must rely on their local library, they still can’t access their e-mail if they are on a device somewhere else.
- tantalor 5y agoReally like this idea! Could you solve the identity problem with a real key, like for a safe deposit box, but unlocks a 2fa key?
- vestrigi 5y agoI like your idea as well! In theory it could be solved, but that introduces new challenges, a 2fa key usually lasts for 30s and you have to be fast enough to enter it. For the start a staff person running around to peoples desks with a mobile device that has the codes registered could be more practical. The boxes will still only work for people that are able to reliably keep possessions to themselves.