[Spooky23]

Two scenarios:

1. I don't have a Google or Facebook account. Does that mean I cannot buy electricity?

2. I have a Gmail account that I was invited to join in 2005. Google's only link to my identity is a Yahoo email account that was deleted in 2007. Is there sufficient trust to allow me to sign up for electricity?

[allworknoplay]

Hi -- great points, see comment I posted to the other responder: https://news.ycombinator.com/threads?id=allworknoplay