The root problem is the mandates all countries now have to root out money laundering. "Know your customer" laws have happened in lots of places.
"Proof of address" is a thorny problem. Mail is the obvious approach but quickly falls down in many cases. In many parts of the world official mail has all but ceased (web, email is cheaper.) In lots of areas PO boxes are used. Or, you know, Accounts may be in my wife's name so we don't get letters to me or my kids.
The Google part is fun, but basically irrelevant. There are new streets, new buildings, being built all the time. That might be your first hurdle, but it's not the last.
And that's before we talk about folks who don't have an address at all. Live in your car (or RV) - good luck with that.
You'll be shocked, shocked, to discover that this has had precisely no effect on money laundering... but hey, war on crime right?
"Proof of address" is a thorny problem. Mail is the obvious approach but quickly falls down in many cases. In many parts of the world official mail has all but ceased (web, email is cheaper.) In lots of areas PO boxes are used. Or, you know, Accounts may be in my wife's name so we don't get letters to me or my kids.
The Google part is fun, but basically irrelevant. There are new streets, new buildings, being built all the time. That might be your first hurdle, but it's not the last.
And that's before we talk about folks who don't have an address at all. Live in your car (or RV) - good luck with that.
You'll be shocked, shocked, to discover that this has had precisely no effect on money laundering... but hey, war on crime right?