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1. GeniusMusing (geniusmusing)'s status on Wednesday, 19-Jan-2022 17:50:41 UTC GeniusMusing

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   IRS Will Soon Require Selfies for Online Access – Krebs on Security
   https://krebsonsecurity.com/2022/01/irs-will-soon-require-selfies-for-online-access/
   
   >If you created an online account to manage your tax records with the U.S. Internal Revenue Service (IRS), those login credentials will cease to work later this year. The agency says that by the summer of 2022, the only way to log in to irs.gov will be through ID.me, an online identity verification service that requires applicants to submit copies of bills and identity documents, as well as a live video feed of their faces via a mobile device.
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   WTAF??
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   • LinuxWalt (@lnxw48a1) {3EB165E0-5BB1-45D2-9E7D-93B31821F864} (lnxw48a1)'s status on Wednesday, 19-Jan-2022 19:03:02 UTC LinuxWalt (@lnxw48a1) {3EB165E0-5BB1-45D2-9E7D-93B31821F864}

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     @geniusmusing The government has shown shocking incompetence at protecting employees' information. They (and their contractors) are not likely to better protect taxpayers' data, nor are they going to be quick to respond when crackers subvert this facial biometrics system and get billions of tax refund dollars sent to accounts in Belarus.