A year after outcry, IRS still doesn’t offer taxpayers alternative to ID.me

Re:A year after outcry, IRS still doesn’t offer taxpayers al... by curryberto on Friday February 10, 2023 @02:39AM (#34736819)

First job out of college I was given, with no oversight or training, access to thousands of peoples SSNs, names, phone numbers and addresses. I also had a private investigator locate someone from my childhood once and got not only their phone number, address, and SSN but their entire family and neighbors and anyone who had a name similar to theirs. It's outrageous how insecure everything is.

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Re:A year after outcry, IRS still doesn’t offer taxpayers al... by MonkeyMalarky on Friday February 10, 2023 @02:57AM (#34736903)

Between the Equifax breech and others, hasn't the average American had their SSN compromised several times over by now?

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Re:A year after outcry, IRS still doesn’t offer taxpayers al... by mavhc on Friday February 10, 2023 @04:57AM (#34737673)

I've found addresses of people in USA based on: their entire name; their first name and the state they live in, and confirmed by a single friend's name; their name, city and that they lived near a golf course

Then you can see where they've ever lived, and who with. All for free

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