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I've been wondering why login.gov wasn't the choice in the first place, and the only thing I can think of is that id.me seems to portray itself as a fraud-busting identity service, whereas login.gov is simply a sign-in service. So presumably anyone contracting with id.me is convinced that they can help prevent being defrauded.

What I don't understand is why any customer of id.me believes id.me's characterization of how much fraud there is, and how effective they are. How many of id.me's claims have been independently verified?



Massive amounts of online IRS fraud was a motivator, I believe.


I mean to get my online its account working I had to have them mail me a pin. (Us postal service mail…). I wondering now if my experience was unique.


Are the same legislators bringing in a private company to rectify also the ones who keep the IRS underfunded? Pretty sketchy.



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