The IRS and Biometrics, they can’t make up their mind

I wasn’t exactly sure what I thought about the IRS and biometrics.

This all started when I read an article which I did post to the security box list titled IRS Will Soon Require Selfies for Online Access by Brian Krebs. When I first read this, I first thought how impossible this is going to be, especially for those of us with some type of disability whether it is physical or otherwise.

Then I thought how Brian, a fully sighted individualm, had nothing but problems with the sign up process.

After thinking about all this, I realized that covering this alone would not make any sense so I held on to it for revisiting.

I’m sure glad I did. Today, I spotted the article IRS To Ditch Biometric Requirement for Online Access by the same Brian Krebs.

Now they’re talking about possibly going with the government site login.gov which of course the government runs and should in theory be trusted.

With that said, whatever the IRS does, its tax season and it isn’t the time to be messing with stuff like this now. They are encouraging people to pay their taxes anyhow, even though they’ll be in a transition period. What a mess!

Read both articles, and let me know what you think. I know its going to be a mess for now, so if there are any updates, I’ll be sure to let you know if I see them.