> The question is why a non governmental entity is inserted into the middle of transportation security, with a profit incentive. Reminds me of ID.me, the for-p

> The question is why a non governmental entity is inserted into the middle of transportation security, with a profit incentive. Reminds me of ID.me, the for-profit company that authenticates users for certain IRS services including IRS Direct File [1]. For some reason, the government agency asks us to present our government-issued ID to a private company to verify our identity when Login.gov [2] exists to provide “the public’s one account for government”. [1]: https://directfile.irs.gov/ https://directfile.irs.gov/ [2]: https://login.gov/ https://login.gov/