No no not a joke and be it post office or another trusted 3rd party that had physical presence so you could walk in and verify and get a reset token is the prop

No no not a joke and be it post office or another trusted 3rd party that had physical presence so you could walk in and verify and get a reset token is the proposal. It would be optional and sites would have to offer the option. But it is a approach that for many would work much better. Also given the goverment has the legal right to your passwords in many countries the post office would certainly be a good option due to them already having presence in many locations. Now as for the Sunday or late resets - yes that currently would be a issue, but people should not forget there passwords that easily for there own sake and certainly with online orders and dilevry's the post office of today needs to evolve though that is another issue. So not a joke, just a solution that for many would be far better than the alternatives and one which less technicaly aware would be able to deal with should the need arose. Now until biometrics evolve and are more common in ther euse household wise then it is a viable option. May not be perfect but certainly better than other options security wise for joe public. It may not be perfect but, nothing is and with that it could work.