<story><title>IRS Will Soon Require Selfies for Online Access</title><url>https://krebsonsecurity.com/2022/01/irs-will-soon-require-selfies-for-online-access/</url></story><parent_chain><item><author>62951413</author><text>Californian here.&lt;p&gt;Name one thing the state government does for normal people who actually finance the largess. Are you really surprised billions go unaccounted in a place where train robberies are a thing? But don&amp;#x27;t you worry, a photo ID won&amp;#x27;t be required in the next election though.</text></item><item><author>mistrial9</author><text>American here&lt;p&gt;&amp;quot;perhaps better known as the online identity verification service that many states now use to help staunch the loss of billions of dollars in unemployment insurance and pandemic assistance stolen each year by identity thieves&amp;quot;&lt;p&gt;In the great State of California, &lt;i&gt;billions&lt;/i&gt; in unemployment benefits were sent to the wrong people.. because their internal systems were designed to delay, deny and deprive, I say. Actual people with real jobs were repeatedly refused, while insiders who knew how to fill out paperwork, and apparently knew where the blind spots were, filed hundreds of claims in the early pandemic days. A newly appointed Director (young, tech savvy woman) soon stopped making public statements, and the situation nearly two years later, is not resolved.  This is at a time when California has record income to the State.&lt;p&gt;Now, some people may jump on this and say &amp;quot;well, you see how photo ID would have helped that&amp;quot; and, with incomplete knowledge and personal opinion, I say no, it would not solve it. You see, people with real jobs, with every real paper filed, were &lt;i&gt;denied&lt;/i&gt; benefits, while insiders were pulling checks with both hands, using certain kinds of identities that would slip through. How would ever more restriction, requirement and verification, have helped here?&lt;p&gt;I am deeply against the collective government making ever more demands on citizens for &amp;quot;papers, please&amp;quot; enrollment to massive money social services (&lt;i&gt;edit e.g. govt unemployment benefits&lt;/i&gt;). It is not going to have the desired effect, despite superficial evidence otherwise. Additionally this represents a slippery slope where the ability to interact as an individual will be eroded, and opportunity for insider graft will increase.</text></item></parent_chain><comment><author>Justin_K</author><text>I&amp;#x27;m sure they&amp;#x27;ll run a single payer healthcare system just fine.</text></comment>
<story><title>IRS Will Soon Require Selfies for Online Access</title><url>https://krebsonsecurity.com/2022/01/irs-will-soon-require-selfies-for-online-access/</url></story><parent_chain><item><author>62951413</author><text>Californian here.&lt;p&gt;Name one thing the state government does for normal people who actually finance the largess. Are you really surprised billions go unaccounted in a place where train robberies are a thing? But don&amp;#x27;t you worry, a photo ID won&amp;#x27;t be required in the next election though.</text></item><item><author>mistrial9</author><text>American here&lt;p&gt;&amp;quot;perhaps better known as the online identity verification service that many states now use to help staunch the loss of billions of dollars in unemployment insurance and pandemic assistance stolen each year by identity thieves&amp;quot;&lt;p&gt;In the great State of California, &lt;i&gt;billions&lt;/i&gt; in unemployment benefits were sent to the wrong people.. because their internal systems were designed to delay, deny and deprive, I say. Actual people with real jobs were repeatedly refused, while insiders who knew how to fill out paperwork, and apparently knew where the blind spots were, filed hundreds of claims in the early pandemic days. A newly appointed Director (young, tech savvy woman) soon stopped making public statements, and the situation nearly two years later, is not resolved.  This is at a time when California has record income to the State.&lt;p&gt;Now, some people may jump on this and say &amp;quot;well, you see how photo ID would have helped that&amp;quot; and, with incomplete knowledge and personal opinion, I say no, it would not solve it. You see, people with real jobs, with every real paper filed, were &lt;i&gt;denied&lt;/i&gt; benefits, while insiders were pulling checks with both hands, using certain kinds of identities that would slip through. How would ever more restriction, requirement and verification, have helped here?&lt;p&gt;I am deeply against the collective government making ever more demands on citizens for &amp;quot;papers, please&amp;quot; enrollment to massive money social services (&lt;i&gt;edit e.g. govt unemployment benefits&lt;/i&gt;). It is not going to have the desired effect, despite superficial evidence otherwise. Additionally this represents a slippery slope where the ability to interact as an individual will be eroded, and opportunity for insider graft will increase.</text></item></parent_chain><comment><author>systemvoltage</author><text>Why are people honestly against ID requirements for voting?&lt;p&gt;Pretty much every democracy in the world has this. Europeans need to show ID to vote.</text></comment>