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brbposting@sh.itjust.works to Technology@lemmy.worldEnglish · 1 year ago

Update: IRS successfully launches their own free Direct File - now ALL of my fellow 'murcans are eligible for 2025

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Update: IRS successfully launches their own free Direct File - now ALL of my fellow 'murcans are eligible for 2025

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brbposting@sh.itjust.works to Technology@lemmy.worldEnglish · 1 year ago
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My January 2024 thread (186 comments)

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    The catch is that it requires ID.me, and there is no way in hell I’m giving some third party a picture of my fucking drivers license.

    • timbuck2themoon@sh.itjust.works
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      Seems odd. They’ve been pushing login.gov like everywhere.

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      …to print my ID in the first place?

      (But yes clearly worse to allow personal data to be stored in an additional system.)

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        Right, my government also gave me a number at my birth. They know where I live, they know how much I make and where I work. The third party, ID.me, definitely does NOT need any of my information, since the entity that is taxing me, already does.

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          Depressing thought: there’s a remote possibility the government is inept enough trying to roll around verification system that a third party has a safer solution.

          Positive thinking: maybe the government is just using a third party until they’ve had time to make their own service entirely bombproof. Let’s go with that for our sake.

          • asdfasdfasdf@lemmy.world
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            And then ID.me becomes the new TurboTax and starts lobbying the government to not compete with them.

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              Noooooooooooo

        • CosmicTurtle0@lemmy.dbzer0.com
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          The problem is that given all of the data breaches, anyone can use your social security number, address, etc. and file a return on your behalf.

          In theory, that’s what ID.me is preventing.

          But if your wallet gets stolen, good luck.

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      Huh, I already signed up for it because they started requiring it a while back to access historical tax return documents through the IRS website.

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      Why, do they sell data?

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        It would not surprise me in the least, but more importantly, if they get breached and they have sloppy mechanisms in place, my license could be fully out there in the wild. May be whatever to some, but I think it’s too risky to trust some company with it that also has contracts with the government itself.

        ID.me offers numerous identity verification products,[9] supplied by third parties. For “high-assurance” identity verification, the company verifies personal data, including drivers’ licenses, passports, and social security numbers.[21] Users must also take a video selfie with their phones, using the ID.me photo app.[1] If ID.me fails to verify users through this information, users are directed to talk to a “Trusted Referee” video call.[22] ID.me users have expressed frustration due to long delays on its video call line

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          Wouldn’t they need to already have your data to check your driver’s license against it?

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