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Microsoft cutting crucial link to Gaza, Palestinians say

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Re: Microsoft cutting crucial link to Gaza, Palestinians say

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Post by gorbachev »

DuckyC wrote: post #9
imaginationra wrote: post #4

Earlier quoted context omitted.

One of my banks uses email two factor auth- if I lost access to the email account and had no accessible backup email set I can see how being locked out of the email account would deny access to the bank account.

but surely you can show up at your bank with identification and get the email changed?

What if your bank account is at Monzo, or any other online-only bank that seem to be the fastest growing personal banking sector at the moment.

Re: Microsoft cutting crucial link to Gaza, Palestinians say

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Post by asvitkine »

maccard wrote: post #5
andsoitis wrote: post #2

> can no longer access his bank accounts, which are tied to his Hotmail account, he says. Come on. This is such exaggeration. Surely he has contacted the banks (note: plural as per article) and he can access his accounts. Not even one? Banks routinely handle identification via phone to access your account and transact.

My grocery story requires email 2FA to log into it these days. Losing access to my email address would probably be more work than if I found myself having to move house.

Why does your grocery store require a login?

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Post by Unbefleckt »

gorbachev wrote: post #11
DuckyC wrote: post #9

Earlier quoted context omitted.

but surely you can show up at your bank with identification and get the email changed?

What if your bank account is at Monzo, or any other online-only bank that seem to be the fastest growing personal banking sector at the moment.

Last I used one of those they wanted me to take a photo of myself with ID and I think record a video.

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Post by iamacyborg »

gorbachev wrote: post #11
DuckyC wrote: post #9

Earlier quoted context omitted.

but surely you can show up at your bank with identification and get the email changed?

What if your bank account is at Monzo, or any other online-only bank that seem to be the fastest growing personal banking sector at the moment.

This is a good reason why you should probably avoid neo-banks.

Re: Microsoft cutting crucial link to Gaza, Palestinians say

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Post by noirscape »

andsoitis wrote: post #2

> can no longer access his bank accounts, which are tied to his Hotmail account, he says. Come on. This is such exaggeration. Surely he has contacted the banks (note: plural as per article) and he can access his accounts. Not even one? Banks routinely handle identification via phone to access your account and transact.

There's a lot of neo-banks these days out there who have no physical offices, no phone numbers to call, nothing. If you lose access to them, you're basically going to have to pray that their support staff is willing to listen to you (assuming you can even reach them) and believe you when you tell them who you are.

Unfortunately I suspect more and more people are making accounts at banks like that and storing significant amounts of money in them.

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Post by viraptor »

DuckyC wrote: post #9
imaginationra wrote: post #4

Earlier quoted context omitted.

One of my banks uses email two factor auth- if I lost access to the email account and had no accessible backup email set I can see how being locked out of the email account would deny access to the bank account.

but surely you can show up at your bank with identification and get the email changed?

Depends how close your closest physical branch is. It may be hours away because of where you live. Or it may be a flight away because you're abroad.
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