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Brandon's IRS to drop facial recognition verification service
Posted on 2/7/22 at 1:48 pm
Posted on 2/7/22 at 1:48 pm
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The Treasury Department is moving away from the controversial verification software ID.me amid concern over the company’s use of facial recognition technology.
The Internal Revenue Service (IRS) had announced last year that it would start requiring people who file taxes online to register with ID.me, which would verify the identity of filers with a video selfie.
The program was supposed to be rolled out this summer for all IRS services, including making online payments and accessing tax credits.
Critics have been sounding the alarm over ID.me’s use, warning that giving a private company access to that much biometric information is inherently risky and pointing out that many facial recognition systems have deep racial and gender biases.
The latter concern has been amplified since CEO Blake Hall admitted the company uses technology that matches faces against a larger database rather than just other images of the same face.
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Posted on 2/7/22 at 1:49 pm to jatilen
Probably the wrong way to solve an issue this board really wants solved.
Posted on 2/7/22 at 1:52 pm to jatilen
Javier from Taumalipas gotta get that 20K in EITC dollaz
Posted on 2/7/22 at 1:55 pm to jatilen
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Democratic Reps. Ted Lieu (Calif.), Pramila Jayapal (Wash.), Yvette Clarke (N.Y.) and Anna Eshoo (Calif.) sent a letter earlier Monday to the IRS demanding that the agency commit to not using any facial recognition tech for verification.
Instead, users will be directed to mail a self-completed government-issue negative Covid19 test for DNA sampling as well as an 8 x 10 glossy photo of their nude body that includes their face. Tax payers will in year two be required to submit a fecal sample, semen/egg sample, and a profile version of the 8 x 10 glossy photo with aroused genitals and/or nipples depending on their self-identified gender pronouns.
Posted on 2/7/22 at 1:58 pm to jatilen
I was trying to register to get a letter for tax purposes and it was a nightmare. After the face thing didn't work, they wanted me to leave the web page open so they could video call me. Glad that's done
Posted on 2/7/22 at 2:05 pm to SlowFlowPro
Its controversial yet we all happily gave apple data on our face to unlock our phones
Plus our fingerprints from older phone models
Plus our fingerprints from older phone models
This post was edited on 2/7/22 at 2:06 pm
Posted on 2/7/22 at 2:07 pm to Havok14
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I was trying to register to get a letter for tax purposes and it was a nightmare. After the face thing didn't work, they wanted me to leave the web page open so they could video call me. Glad that's done
why would you ever agree to that? congrats on letting them install surveillance and keystroke tracking software on your computer
Posted on 2/7/22 at 2:20 pm to jatilen
Posted on 2/7/22 at 2:30 pm to texn
It took me about 10 tries for that crap when filing to not have the advanced payment on the child tax credit
Posted on 2/7/22 at 2:33 pm to jatilen
Oh that’s good…. Just another complete time and money flush by another govt agency.
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