You wouldn’t think the government was short on ways to track who you are, what you do and where you are.
I am sure once you are misidentified it will be easy to fix. The IRS SWAT team will graciously fix your wrecked door and pay your gunshot medical bills.
Yes, The IRS, USPS, USDA Dept of Ag have SWAT teams. Those departments also spend A LOT of money on ammo.This is just the feds.
By Aaron Boyd
When taxpayers use online systems, the IRS really wants to make sure the people accessing information are who they say they are. The agency has implemented a number of authentication tools over the years—with varying degrees of success—and is now looking at behavioral analytics as an option.
The IRS announced a sole-source contract to BioCatch for a proof-of-concept that would incorporate behavioral analytics for the agency’s eAuthentication system. BioCatch’s technology tracks how a user interacts with their device and the agency’s apps to continually verify their identity.
“BioCatch collects behavioral metrics—i.e., left/right handedness, pressure—while a user is interacting with eAuth without impacting user experience and establishes a profile for the user,” IRS contracting officers wrote in the statement of work. “Once this profile is established, this data is used to detect fraud on subsequent login attempts and to prevent account takeover during the user’s session.”
For the program to be successful, the proof-of-concept has to demonstrate the ability to reliably authenticate users without disrupting the process or adding extra steps.
The proof-of-concept work will go through Jan. 17, at which point the IRS will decide whether to adopt the technology or seek a different solution…
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