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I understand, and agree with you, but at the same time, a HUGE number of people don't have that identification. Many homeless people that could qualify for ser
by briffle 4y ago
I understand, and agree with you, but at the same time, a HUGE number of people don't have that identification. Many homeless people that could qualify for services struggle to prove who they are, and that they are able to receive it (especially vets) because they have lost their ID, have no idea where their birth certificate is (or marriage license), and have no home to show multiple bills to that address in their name.
- saalweachter 4y agoAt some point, though, the solution doesn't become "make it possible for anyone to access any account without any proof of identity", it becomes "make it possible to live in society -- receive medical care, eat, be sheltered -- without any proof of identity". Proof of identity should be a government function, and that we likely have millions of people in the US with no way to prove their identity has real-world consequences beyond the flaw in my post-office-account-recovery-scheme; it affects access to benefits, as you said, as well as voting and being able to even prove your citizenship. That should be fixed too, but I'm not sure we can do any better for internet identity verification than the post office fallback.
- hn_version_0023 4y agoThis is also a failure of government that needs to be fixed; saying this problem exists doesn’t absolve us from fixing it. Its time to bring this stupid, dystopian nightmare we’ve created to an end.