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by sigmoid10 16 days ago
How would that even work for internet companies without physical stores? Go to Menlo Park, CA to recover your account?
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Facebook already requires verifying your ID in some cases, it's absolutely feasible for them to do it online.

If it's not feasible, I can see an argument that large enough companies should be required to provide in person support options.

Facebook defintely has enough money to facilitate this.

There's a lot of online-only banks who have figured this out. Do video auth, outsource it to the postal service, ...