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I'm a happy user of login.gov for various things (IRS, SSA, etc). But I was surprised that there's also id.me, which is used many places for the same thing, as if there's another login.gov. I'm still not sure why there is two.

"It is a bad thing when one becomes two." - Hagakure



To use ID.me one must:

* Consent to the collection, use, and sharing of their personal information to third parties (i.e. data brokers).

* Agree to binding arbitration and a waiver of class action rights.

* Agree to limits on liability for any indirect, punitive, special, exemplary, incidental, or consequential damages.

* Consent to arbitrary termination of the account at any time for any reason.

Login.gov does not.


ID.me also seems to be the only way to interact with the IRS online, and has arbitrarily decided my identity is unverifiable.


The ID.me requirement is what keeps me from using the IRS online services. I hope that it will be replaced by login.gov eventually.


NIST IAL2 is required for some applications, and login.gov didn't support it, so the third party id.me was used instead.

https://network.id.me/article/what-is-nist-ial2-identity-ver... https://www.biometricupdate.com/202404/login-gov-adds-selfie...




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