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| Treasury reconsiders IRS' use of facial recognition company ID.me |
| 2022-01-29 |
| [FoxNews] But you shouldn't have to show ID to vote, right? The Treasury Department is reassessing the Internal Revenue Service’s use of third-party facial recognition software ID.me for access to taxpayer accounts amid growing concerns about the company's privacy practices. A department official told FOX Business on Friday that Treasury and the IRS are exploring alternatives to ID.me. Bloomberg first reported the news. "The IRS is consistently looking for ways to make the filing process more secure," spokeswoman Alexandra LaManna said in a statement to FOX Business. "But to be clear, no American is required to take a selfie in order to file their tax return." The IRS had previously announced that beginning in summer 2022, users who need to log on to the agency's website to access the Child Tax Credit Update Portal, check online accounts, get their tax transcript, receive an Identity Protection PIN or view an online payment agreement will need to create an account with identity verification company ID.me. Existing online accounts, which currently only require a simple email and password to access, will no longer work beginning this summer, the IRS said. At that point, users will be required to create an account with ID.me. |
| Posted by:Skidmark |
| #5 Censorship By Algorithm Does Far More Damage Than Conventional Censorship |
| Posted by: Skidmark 2022-01-29 09:55 |
| #4 Wait til the IRS learns how to apply AI algorithms. Are they trying to create a grey economy here -- like the ones that account for up to 40% of all economic activity in most of the world's nations? |
| Posted by: Merrick Ferret 2022-01-29 09:50 |
| #3 If my password is compromised I can change it. What happens when (not if) the IRS loses my biometric data? |
| Posted by: Angstrom 2022-01-29 09:48 |
| #2 If we pretended that our government actually worked FOR us, we'd say this move was tone-deaf. Since we know our government actually works AGAINST us, we all know this was intentional and for nefarious purposes. |
| Posted by: Crusader 2022-01-29 01:26 |
| #1 I'm gonna see if I can bitch about it with some local CPA groups, maybe even the Board - this shit's just too much. |
| Posted by: Raj 2022-01-29 01:17 |