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Is it possible to circumvent the 2FA protection on Gmail using a stolen photo id?

Information Security Asked by gloomyfit on January 17, 2021

Digital-based KYCs (Know Your Customer checks) are widespread these days, and given the number of reported data breaches, it is not unreasonable to assume that there’s a non-zero risk that photos of one’s ID used has been obtained by an unauthorized party (the ID could also have been obtained through regular theft or robbery).

The question is, could the unauthorized party circumvent our 2FA and password by attempting to do a "password recovery" on our Gmail by providing the aforementioned ID as identity proof? If so, is there a way to prevent/negate this potential attack-vector?

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