The Identity Problem

[Jolly]

https://www.msn.com/en-us/news/politics/social-security-administration-to-require-in-person-identity-checks-for-new-and-existing-recipients/ar-AA1BbW79?ocid=msedgdhp&pc=U531&cvid=b3b775e623694056ad63104ed7e4169e&ei=9

[jon-nyc]

Seems resource intensive. Don’t they also want to cut half the staff? Or did they already? I’ve forgotten.

[Axtremus]

Maybe the retirees will welcome more in-person interpersonal interactions. Many people say old people crave human interactions.

[LuFins Dad]

@jon-nyc said in The Identity Problem:

Seems resource intensive. Don’t they also want to cut half the staff? Or did they already? I’ve forgotten.

They could just scan their voter ID.

[Jolly]

The alternative would be a my.gov account based on biometric identification.

[jon-nyc]

Yeah I can see the 87 year old next door navigating biometric IDs on her flip phone no problem.