IRS plan to scan your face prompts anger in Congress, confusion among taxpayers(washingtonpost.com)
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IRS plan to scan your face prompts anger in Congress, confusion among taxpayers
https://www.washingtonpost.com/technology/2022/01/27/irs-face-scans/
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Pretty 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.
US Treasury contract details with ID.me for IRS identity services: https://www.usaspending.gov/award/CONT_AWD_2032H521F00420_20... ($86 million)
Sidenote: check out executive compensation.
Sidenote: check out executive compensation.
Discussion 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
> Treasury reconsiders IRS’s use of ID.me face recognition for web (201 points | 103 comments)
https://news.ycombinator.com/item?id=30126118
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Edit: As a bughunt incentive, if you confirm the hack, you would not be jailed, and you would never have to pay taxes again.