Perhaps someone should be FOIAing agreements between state unemployment departments and ID.me, and perhaps even the Veterans Administration, the Social Security Administration, and other federal agencies (mentioned in the posted article) who are leveraging a private firm for identity proofing services using facial recognition.
Fraud should be prevented, for sure! But a private corporation black box governing access to social safety nets is not to be tolerated.
Fraud should be prevented, for sure! But a private corporation black box governing access to social safety nets is not to be tolerated.