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IRS plan to scan your face prompts anger in Congress, confusion among taxpayers
- toomuchtodo 5y agoUS Treasury contract details with ID.me for IRS identity services: https://www.usaspending.gov/award/CONT_AWD_2032H521F00420_2050_2032H520A00009_2050 https://www.usaspending.gov/award/CONT_AWD_2032H521F00420_20... ($86 million) Sidenote: check out executive compensation.
- cmusfan 5y agoIf the IRS staff had to be photographed, home address, personal email and cell phone stored in the same mechanism for five years prior to the general public having to endure the same fate unless the database was compromised, I would support this. Edit: As a bughunt incentive, if you confirm the hack, you would not be jailed, and you would never have to pay taxes again.
- greenyoda 5y agoDiscussion of a similar article a couple of days ago: > Treasury reconsiders IRS’s use of ID.me face recognition for web (201 points | 103 comments) https://news.ycombinator.com/item?id=30126118 https://news.ycombinator.com/item?id=30126118
- ratsmack 5y agoPretty much all drivers licenses, ID cards and passports have a picture on them, so it's not like we don't use pictures for identifying people. The only problem I have with the proposal is letting a private company collect the pictures.
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