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The cynical lens says follow the lobbying dollars and personal relationships of those involved.
by 1121redblackgo 5y ago
The cynical lens says follow the lobbying dollars and personal relationships of those involved.
- Supermancho 5y agoMy cynical lens says it's an image recognition data-gathering operation expanded to a state service.
- Johnny555 5y agoSince all (?) states take an electronic photo for a drivers license (and mine takes a thumbprint too), I'm not sure that this gives them any additional information they don't already have.
- Lammy 5y agoMy license photo is a decade old, but I'm forced to file taxes every year.
- Johnny555 5y agoDo you need to refresh your ID.me registration every year, or is it permanent? I file taxes every year, but I file through my tax software or tax preparer, so I don't think I'd even need an IRS.com account.
- Supermancho 5y agoYou do not need an IRS.com account. That's what makes it look like a not-so-innocuous data collection system. This is a possible first step to tighten identity tracking, slow boiling the frog, so to speak.
- fullstop 5y agoMany states also sell this information to third parties. https://www.caranddriver.com/features/a32035408/dmv-selling-driver-data/ https://www.caranddriver.com/features/a32035408/dmv-selling-...