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IRS requires user's camera to do “liveness detection” to create an account

by hacky_engineer on 9/21/21, 11:24 PM with 12 comments

• by zxcvbn4038 on 9/22/21, 12:38 AM

  Use a desktop and maybe it won't prompt you since it can't detect a camera?

  Hold up a photo of Jan-Michael Vincent?

  Invest in that Guy Fawkes mask you always wanted?

  [1] https://ksassets.timeincuk.net/wp/uploads/sites/55/2019/03/G...

  [2] https://www.walmart.com/ip/V-for-Vendetta-Mask-Guy-Fawkes-An...

• by contravariant on 9/21/21, 11:30 PM

  Seems ironic that this technology starts to get used right at the moment where it's basically become obsolete as a reliable form of identification.