ID.me Misled IRS

#News #Tech #Identification #IDme #ID2020 #IRS #Taxes #biometrics
https://www.cyberscoop.com/idme-irs-identity-verification-congress/

U.S. House hearing finds that using #facialrecognition to verify #identity for #unemployment benefits .... didn't work well. #IDme https://www.politico.com/news/2022/11/17/house-dems-say-facial-recognition-company-made-baseless-claims-00069156

@noahshachtman feel like this is a great opportunity for identity verification vendors like #IDme.

Good news for a change in the #privacy realm:

IRS says it w/abandon #biometrics/#facialrecognition requirement for their website.

Great example where speaking out can make a difference. See full story:

#News #IDme #IRS #Security #Infosec #Cybersecurity
https://gizmodo.com/irs-abandons-facial-recognition-plans-1848494491

This week in the Weekly News Roundup, ID.me is caught lying about how it works, Linux has a backdoor that could be executed, Google Drive flags nearly empty files as copyrighted, and Microsoft Word goes Woke. Join us to talk these crazy news topics.
#WeeklyNewsRounup #IDme #GoogleDrive

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CEO of ID.me now caught lying?

First saying only use 1: one" - (check against your own picture).

Now LinkedIn post declares they DO share you against databases.

Many of these (Like #Rekognition they had talk with!) may evolve in subjective + discriminatory ways w/patents on "flagging suspicious people" sharing those faces w/customers of said databases.

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Alarming #News IMHO.

#IDme #FacialRecognition #biometrics #Surveillance https://www.cyberscoop.com/id-me-ceo-backtracks-on-claims-company-doesnt-use-powerful-facial-recognition-tech/

ID.Me Biometrics company is swallowing agencies - requiring mobile device facial video scans.

Denying unemployment is one of their new ideas.

Big catch: IRS filing management online will now require you to do a video face scan.

What if your mobile device isn't compatible? - example problem created by an Android/iphone world we buy into.

It couldn't happen without it.

#News #IDme #privacy #facialrecognition #biometrics

https://www.techdirt.com/articles/20220123/15435148341/biometric-tech-company-idme-continues-to-swallow-govt-agencies-cause-problems-people-trying-to-access-their-govt-benefits.shtml