Irs-will-soon-require-selfies-for-online-access

krebs ^

[Antoninus]

They wanted folks to do that in order to opt out of Biden's free money scheme. I got halfway through the process and my creep-meter started pegging.

Dear public servants -- I don't want to be tracked, scanned, or give you a line into my private life. Thanks, but no thanks.

[Antoninus]

My application got stuck interminably at the “Confirming Your Phone” stage, which is somewhere near the middle of the entire verification process.

Actually, now that I think of it, this is exactly what happened to me. I felt like I had accessed a malware site at that point. I instructed the site that I wished to quit and have all my information erased. Like that'll happen....

[roving]

I had to do it when getting a prescription from good rx

[Harmless Teddy Bear]

The service requires applicants to supply a great deal more information than typically requested for online verification schemes, such as scans of their driver’s license or other government-issued ID, copies of utility or insurance bills, and details about their mobile phone service.

< Bleep > them and the Segway they ride on!

No.

[Mark]

And the poor who don’t have access can just go to hell?

[San Joaquin]

They already were doing that when my wife was trying to stop the child credit advance checks. She was stuck with the same error described in this article. I have an IRS account and only needed to log in to stop my checks.

[Disambiguator]

Do you have to make duck lips while taking the selfie?

[Lockbox]

Great now we are supplying a photo of us to the government.

[Lockbox]

I’m going to take my photo with a gun to my head! They can’t do anything since I will claim protected political speech!

[NetAddicted]

Rd later.

[George from New England]

Cmon — this is only for your security and safe being.