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Teddixat · ‎10-04-2010

@CatsyCline The difference with Real ID is the verifications of identification you must have with you to support who you are when you get your real ID such as copy of birth certificate or psssport, proof of where you live at the time of your application and a couple of other verifications which I cannot read,ember. Google Real ID requirements and it explains all. This way not just anyone canget a real I'd without showing proof they are who they are.

CatsyCline · ‎07-24-2013

@Teddixat wrote:
@CatsyCline The difference with Real ID is the verifications of identification you must have with you to support who you are when you get your real ID such as copy of birth certificate or psssport, proof of where you live at the time of your application and a couple of other verifications which I cannot read,ember. Google Real ID requirements and it explains all. This way not just anyone canget a real I'd without showing proof they are who they are.

@Teddixat Yes, the more i research REAL ID the more it makes me NOT want one. REAL ID is to create a National Database . Some States have pushed back on this program. Getting one isnt as simple as providing a passport . i could not get a REAL ID offering my a passport among other identifiers and documentation and i was dealing with clerks at AAA who are not even state civil servants, and now in the position of determining who is a citizen of the US. No Thanks.

Porcelain · ‎02-19-2014

@chrystaltree wrote:
@Sooner wrote:
I don't think this is true. Anyone could send a photo that is fake. Makes no sense and certainly doesn't seem something they could verify.

I think something got lost in translation. A selfie without a legitimate picture to compare it to is pointless and would accomplish nothing. Any of us could access anyone's tax records and upload a photo. Irs doesn't know what we look like.

They can compare it to your drivers license picture.

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Pook · ‎03-20-2010

But yet you can file for Social Security online with no

ID verification needed and they send you money every month!!

KatieB · ‎03-10-2010

@Kachina624 wrote:
Gee, I wonder what they'll do in the case of twins or people who just look alike? Seems like a very inexact method of identification. Also there are still millions who don't own cell phones.

I don't think twins use the same driver's licence.

Tinkrbl44 · ‎08-23-2010

@Pook wrote:
But yet you can file for Social Security online with no
ID verification needed and they send you money every month!!

@Pook

What are you talking about?

Tinkrbl44 · ‎08-23-2010

@Oznell wrote:
@PickyPicky3, there's been growing discussion and concern among cybersecurity experts regarding this new development.

"IRS Plans for Facial Recognition Draw Scrutiny from Privacy, Cybersecurity Advocates" from SC Media lays it out in this quote from the piece:

"The IRS is pushing taxpayers to start using a login service that leverages facial recognition and requires users to send photos of themselves to a third-party company. The news, first flagged by independent investigative reporter Brian Krebs, has been met with incredulity by privacy and cybersecurity experts, who say the program will create numerous privacy, cybersecurity and accessibility concerns for taxpayers."

The article goes on in some detail, and demonstrates that there is quite a bit of concern, across the board, that this new policy could be problematic.

@Oznell

It's a huge problem and I don't see it getting solved any time soon .... do you?

From the beginning of online retail and banking options, there has been considerable risk that the hackers will break through. It's now a challenge and we have to keep in mind this point: THE HACKERS ALWAYS BREAK THROUGH.

While I don't want to be cynical about them solving the security problem, everything so far has been a "trial and error" approach. Let's try this and see if it's secure. Nope, the security is compromised. Well, okay, let's try this idea .... etc etc etc.

While I applaud the iRS and everybody else working diligently on this, just to be on the safe side, I will reluctantly continue to assume that THE HACKERS WILL ALWAYS BREAK THROUGH.

I hope I am wrong.

Cakers3 · ‎06-17-2015

@Oznell wrote:
@PickyPicky3, there's been growing discussion and concern among cybersecurity experts regarding this new development.

"IRS Plans for Facial Recognition Draw Scrutiny from Privacy, Cybersecurity Advocates" from SC Media lays it out in this quote from the piece:

"The IRS is pushing taxpayers to start using a login service that leverages facial recognition and requires users to send photos of themselves to a third-party company. The news, first flagged by independent investigative reporter Brian Krebs, has been met with incredulity by privacy and cybersecurity experts, who say the program will create numerous privacy, cybersecurity and accessibility concerns for taxpayers."

The article goes on in some detail, and demonstrates that there is quite a bit of concern, across the board, that this new policy could be problematic.

@Oznell Thank you. Always a voice of reason.

There is nothing wrong with debating the pros and cons of this topic; it has nothing to do with being uninformed or listening to the wrong media outlets.

Whether one views this as a pro or a con does not make a person better or worse than another person.

Accepting things as they are on the surface is more troubling-on several levels.

"" Compassion is a verb."-Thich Nhat Hanh

skatting44 · ‎07-26-2019

@Pook

yes, and millions of dollars or Federal benefits each year are paid out fraudulently .

Essentially very little is done to recoup the money and seems nothing new is done to prevent further fraud .

gumboluver · ‎10-26-2016

Since I had to go to the irs.gov website today to make my monthly payment, I went ahead and signed up for the ID ME process. When signing up, they sent me a link to my smart phone to take pictures of the front and back of my driver's license and a link to take a scan photo of my face. The sign up process was successful-I received an email stating that it was successful. Hopefully when I sign in at the IRS website next month, everything will work.