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My country issues ID cards. Police has biometric data on me (fingers and photo). I guess in my country I can easily obtain a new ID card and from here, prove my
by pqs 4y ago
My country issues ID cards. Police has biometric data on me (fingers and photo). I guess in my country I can easily obtain a new ID card and from here, prove my identity to the different providers. I guess it is very hard still, but better than nothing. Isn't it?
- layer8 4y agoRight. Unless you use a completely anonymous service payed by mailing cash in, you should be able to bootstrap your way back in, it just may take some time. I’ll say that a company whose daily business depends on some 2FA-protected service should ensure that they have redundant second factors stored at a different location.
- bombcar 4y agoMost places allow you to "bootstrap" back up from nearly nothing, but it can involve getting a copy of your original birth certificate from the county/hospital, etc. This is also a reason why you should keep all expired IDs around in a safe location separate from your normal life; even an expired passport/driver license can help get the bureaucracy to get you setup again. When you're in a situation like this, you're working to convince the person at the DMV counter that you're who you say you are, and expired IDs, along with utility bills, etc, can go very far. Convincing a computer is much more difficult, which is the point of this article.