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IRS To Require Facial Recognition To View Tax Returns
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Big Brother is Here
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Date: January 20, 2022 11:00AM
The US Internal Revenue Service (IRS) has partnered with a Virginia-based private identification firm which requires a facial recognition selfie among other things, in order to create or access online accounts with the agency.
According to KrebsonSecurity, the IRS announced that by the summer of 2022, the only way to log into irs.gov will be through ID.me. Founded by former Army Rangers in 2010, the McLean-based company has evolved to providing online ID verification services which several states are using to help reduce unemployment and pandemic-assistance fraud. The company claims to have 64 million users.
Some 27 states already use ID.me to screen for identity thieves applying for benefits in someone else’s name, and now the IRS is joining them. The service requires applicants to supply a great deal more information than typically requested for online verification schemes, such as scans of their driver’s license or other government-issued ID, copies of utility or insurance bills, and details about their mobile phone service.
When an applicant doesn’t have one or more of the above — or if something about their application triggers potential fraud flags — ID.me may require a recorded, live video chat with the person applying for benefits. -KrebsonSecurity
For the sake of his article, Krebs made himself a guinea pig and signed up with ID.me to describe the lengthy process that "may require a significant investment of time, and quite a bit of patience."
After uploading images of one's driver's license, state issued ID or passport.
If your documents get accepted, ID.me will then prompt you to take a live selfie with your mobile device or webcam. That took several attempts. When my computer’s camera produced an acceptable result, ID.me said it was comparing the output to the images on my driver’s license scans. -KrebsonSecurity
Once that's accepted, Id.me will ask to verify your phone number - and will not accept numbers tied to voice-over-IP services such as Skype or Google Voice.
More: https://krebsonsecurity.com/2022/01/irs-will-soon-require-selfies-for-online-access/
More: https://www.zerohedge.com/technology/irs-require-facial-recognition-view-tax-returns
According to KrebsonSecurity, the IRS announced that by the summer of 2022, the only way to log into irs.gov will be through ID.me. Founded by former Army Rangers in 2010, the McLean-based company has evolved to providing online ID verification services which several states are using to help reduce unemployment and pandemic-assistance fraud. The company claims to have 64 million users.
Some 27 states already use ID.me to screen for identity thieves applying for benefits in someone else’s name, and now the IRS is joining them. The service requires applicants to supply a great deal more information than typically requested for online verification schemes, such as scans of their driver’s license or other government-issued ID, copies of utility or insurance bills, and details about their mobile phone service.
When an applicant doesn’t have one or more of the above — or if something about their application triggers potential fraud flags — ID.me may require a recorded, live video chat with the person applying for benefits. -KrebsonSecurity
For the sake of his article, Krebs made himself a guinea pig and signed up with ID.me to describe the lengthy process that "may require a significant investment of time, and quite a bit of patience."
After uploading images of one's driver's license, state issued ID or passport.
If your documents get accepted, ID.me will then prompt you to take a live selfie with your mobile device or webcam. That took several attempts. When my computer’s camera produced an acceptable result, ID.me said it was comparing the output to the images on my driver’s license scans. -KrebsonSecurity
Once that's accepted, Id.me will ask to verify your phone number - and will not accept numbers tied to voice-over-IP services such as Skype or Google Voice.
More: https://krebsonsecurity.com/2022/01/irs-will-soon-require-selfies-for-online-access/
More: https://www.zerohedge.com/technology/irs-require-facial-recognition-view-tax-returns
Re: IRS To Require Facial Recognition To View Tax Returns
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Try doing tax work
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Date: January 20, 2022 03:26PM
You may find this way too intrusive. As someone who has had to deal with the IRS a number of times I am bothered by how lax the system is.
Re: IRS To Require Facial Recognition To View Tax Returns
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But NO ID Is Needed To VOTE
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Date: January 21, 2022 12:19AM
Democrats are the worlds biggest hypocrites
Re: IRS To Require Facial Recognition To View Tax Returns
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Well..
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Date: January 21, 2022 12:22AM
The only ones who do not have to deal with the IRS ..Is people who make less then the amount of maximum welfare ,hustle on the side picking up another 40 g's and never pay any taxes
Re: IRS To Require Facial Recognition To View Tax Returns
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Bob bitchin
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Date: January 21, 2022 05:37AM
What could go wrong