• Reddfugee42@lemmy.world
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    il y a 9 mois

    Stupid fraud prevention ugh!

    Listen folks, if you have a driver license, they already have your face, so settle down.

    • laverabe@lemmy.world
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      countries with no national ID cards and no plans for one: Australia, Canada, New Zealand, UK. 1

      And they do taxes just fine without a Harry Potter like gif of every tax payer.

      Privacy reasons aside, TurboTax doesn’t require a video clip to file your taxes so this is only raising the technical barrier against the widespread adoption of a simple tax system.

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      I don’t mind this being done through the government site, but it shouldn’t be done by a third party business.