Comment on Purism's AweSIM – monthly plan for Librem5 including unlimited dataparentComments−thaumasiotes5yIn the USA, the IRS and many banks _require_ an cell phone registered in your name to prove your ID.The IRS most certainly does not require a cell phone registered in your name, nor could they.−gopalv5yThe IRS most certainly does not require a cell phone registered in your nameThey don't but the alternative 2FA for them was a letter mailed through USPS.I had to do that back in the day when Google Fi wasn't recognized by the IRS as a mobile phone.−im3w1l5yYoung people think they are clued into privacy, but it's all the old geezers who don't want to learn to use electronics who create demand for the the paper option. I wonder what will happen after they have died off.
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The IRS most certainly does not require a cell phone registered in your name, nor could they.
They don't but the alternative 2FA for them was a letter mailed through USPS.
I had to do that back in the day when Google Fi wasn't recognized by the IRS as a mobile phone.
Young people think they are clued into privacy, but it's all the old geezers who don't want to learn to use electronics who create demand for the the paper option. I wonder what will happen after they have died off.