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Re:IRS Will Soon Require Selfies for Online Access by systemvoltage on Wednesday January 19, 2022 @01:14PM (#29997619)
Yep. I would oppose any sort of National ID card whether it has biometric security or not. Passport is about the only thing that is a Federal level ID and accepted everywhere as an ID.

I would want states to have their own ID system where an average citizen can vote for policies that make a difference. I am also against cross-state data sharing (Driver's license) and such.

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Re:IRS Will Soon Require Selfies for Online Access by giantg2 on Wednesday January 19, 2022 @01:26PM (#29997807)
My state engages in actually illegal data sharing and retention that violates state law. Nobody does anything about.

Who watches the watchers? The people who comprise "the system" rig the system in their favor and cover for each other.

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Re:IRS Will Soon Require Selfies for Online Access by csdvrx on Wednesday January 19, 2022 @01:21PM (#29997743)
I could accept identifying with a passport, since the costs alone means it would not be supported in most cases, but only if it was associate with a strict requirement that the passport number or any other number/qr/barcode was hidden, and if it was illegal to save copies of even the image of the passport with the numbers hidden.
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