When vtuber-esque deepfakes become trivial for the average person, I wonder what the next stage in this cat-and-mouse becomes. DNA-verficiation-USB-dongles?
I actually had an issue with this and ended up sending a notarized letter by snail mail, since I didn't feel like making a special 1hr each way trip during business hours to the closest branch.
Then you have to be ready to accept that there are advantages and disadvantages to your choice of where you live, and that is one of the latter.
There's a reason rural property is so cheap. It comes with a lot of disadvantages and inconveniences and costs that city-dwellers don't need to pay.
Seriously, you see this in any country of any size. Remote may just mean 300km/186mi off coast. Politicians go where the votes are of course, but this just means disregarding rural areas is a self fulfilling prophecy. The more you do it, the more remote they become.