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Re:IRS Will Soon Require Selfies for Online Access by smsm42 on Wednesday January 19, 2022 @07:32PM (#30002580)
You're barking at the wrong tree. America already has photo IDs. It's state-based, but federalizing it wouldn't change anything relevant to the question. The system in question is in addition to the photo IDs.

It almost looks like you've seen some familiar words and decided to dump your objections to imagined American backwardness compared to Europe, even though the matter in question has absolutely nothing to do with it.

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Re:IRS Will Soon Require Selfies for Online Access by dzhiurgis on Thursday January 20, 2022 @05:03AM (#30006916)
Most people already have a NFC enabled card + PIN + NFC enabled smartphone. I presume banks in US go in long lengths to verify your identify. Dunno if there's any technical reason why this could work for receiving payments or verifying your identity again.
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