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You're absolutely right. Now let's talk about how much effort and what level of resources it's reasonable to expect a commercial entity to invest in extending
by Kalium 4y ago
You're absolutely right.
Now let's talk about how much effort and what level of resources it's reasonable to expect a commercial entity to invest in extending protections to vulnerable people in need who happen to not be customers.
Perhaps we're asking the wrong entity to address this problem? This seems more like a public service infrastructure problem.
- alexiaa 4y agoGoogle is a multi-billion dollar company, they barely have to lift a finger. They simply have to provide an option to opt out of 2FA. Add a bunch of warnings if you must. Even if Google was a small startup it would be trivial for them to do this.
- Kalium 4y agoTo be clear, your answer to vulnerable people needing protections is to lower the minimum level of security for everyone using Gmail. Do I understand correctly?
- WithinReason 4y agoNo, please reread.
- Kalium 4y agoAh! Then the problem is solved, I suppose.
- WithinReason 4y agoThere is already an option to opt out of 2FA: https://support.google.com/accounts/answer/1064203 https://support.google.com/accounts/answer/1064203
- crooked-v 4y agoIf you turn off 2FA, it will still force you to add a phone number and use an SMS verification code sent to it whenever the big machine feels like it.