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I couldn't buy I-bonds from the US Treasury website because they are using a third party identity verification. WTF? Third parties can't verify me, I've infiltr

• fortran77 2y ago
  U.S. Savings bonds are something you "set and forget" and don't check up on them for decades. I had a HELL of a time acessing my online account (had to get someone from my congressman's office to get a Treasury Department manager on my case) to check my bonds that I bought in 2003 and, yes, I had my username, password, and the second factor stored in my safe deposit box, and access to the email I used to sign up for it. The problem was the Treasury obsoleted the second factor they issued in 2003 (a physical lookup card with numbers on it) and I had to reverify myself. They couldn't log me in with the information I used to log into Treasury Direct two decades ago. Reverification required entering information like the Driver's Licence number I had in 2003 and the DL expiration date of my 2003 licence (I don't know! It was in another state and I no longer have it) and some other security questions I apparently answered when signing up and short-sightedly didn't write down ("Favorite Vacation Destination") Good luck logging in to check your iBonds 30 years from now! The don't issue paper bonds anymore to anyone. Maybe they're hoping for "breakage" -- people will simply forget they own them!