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0 pointsthaumasiotes5y ago0 comments

> In the USA, the IRS and many banks _require_ an cell phone registered in your name to prove your ID.

The IRS most certainly does not require a cell phone registered in your name, nor could they.

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gopalv5y ago· 1 in thread

> The IRS most certainly does not require a cell phone registered in your name

They don't but the alternative 2FA for them was a letter mailed through USPS.

I had to do that back in the day when Google Fi wasn't recognized by the IRS as a mobile phone.

im3w1l5y ago

Young people think they are clued into privacy, but it's all the old geezers who don't want to learn to use electronics who create demand for the the paper option. I wonder what will happen after they have died off.

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