I am my own second-factor authentication, so what was the first?

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I am my own second-factor authentication, so what was the first?

They won't believe I am who I say I am... unless I say who I am IN PERSON

Alistair Dabbs

Jul 10, 2025

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EPISODE 17

“Sorry, we cannot complete your paperwork over the internet. You will need to come in to our office.”

Great, but I live in another country. Tough, I have to make the schlep, apparently. But having made the effort, and presented my physical person to another physical person within the same physical space, they don’t seem that interested in checking my ID.

I could be anybody.

Even when I try to force them to scrutinise some of my ID that they requested, they give it a mere passing glance. So why did they ask for it? Why did I have to board a short-haul Airbus simply to say “It’s me!” and then fly home again?

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