The IRS will soon be asking people filing their taxes to provide video proof of their identity.
The service the IRS want people to use is ID.me, which provides identity proofing by taking a video selfie. The IRS will be using this system to make sure you are who you claim to be.
"It's clear that the IRS, either driven by concerns about identity theft or all sorts of other things have decided to go very hard into this ID.me thing," Ian Sherr, CNet Editor-at-Large told KCBS Radio. "Unfortunately, this is just the reality of the situation."
Sherr added that by this summer people will have to use this tool to access any account information on the website.
"So, it requires you have a phone with a front-facing camera -- most people do – or a webcam on your computer," he explained. "And what you can do is that it will actually take a video it will flash a bunch of different colors at the screen and then check those pictures against what your drivers license or Passport has."
He said identity confirmation will be the new normal when it comes to logging into these types of services. CNet has a step-by-step guide to help with the ID.me process.
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