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#1 2022-01-21 05:38:44
- Loohan
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Gov't begins making smartphones MANDATORY!
US taxpayers will have to submit a video selfie using facial recognition technology from a third-party company to access their IRS accounts
The change is set to hit this summer, but is not required for filing taxes
The video selfie will be used by taxpayers to access their IRS accounts
The selfie is taken with a mobile phone and then uploaded to ID.me
ID.me uses its facial recognition software to determine you are the taxpayer
https://www.dailymail.co.uk/sciencetech … ounts.html
The selfie is taken on a mobile device and then uploaded to ID.me, a third-party identity verification company that will use its own facial recognition to verify the individual...
Users can access basic information on the IRS without logging into ID.me, but the unique sign in will be required to make and view payments, access tax records, view or create payment plans, manage communications preference or view tax professional authorizations.
However, this process is not a requirement to file taxes.
Is this just the first step?
Note that corporations are trending that way, too.
When i was in the DC area last winter, my mom had an Amazon Prime account, one feature of which is, you get 5% off while shopping in a Whole Foods store. But, i found out, this is only for smartphone cultists.
Also, i used to shop at Tractor Supply sometimes. They had this deal where if you have one of their idiotic Loyalty Cards, you get 5% off. But last time i went, i found out it is now their policy only to honor smartphone conformists with the card discount. They don't need your business otherwise.
Thing is, i am technically adept enough to learn to operate a smartphone if i wanted one. But some people can't! My mom would never have been able to use one. I guess she could have just handed it to the cashier, but she would not have been able to get much more value out of it that that.
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