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I was absolutely flabbergasted that they didn't even white-label the third party stuff behind their own .gov domain, which means they're mis-training users towards "It's normal to hand over extremely sensitive official information to vaguely-plausible-looking companies with websites and certificates ultimately under the control of Montenegro."


I doubt any conventional web user knows or cares that “.me” is a ccTLD, or that it’s even related to Montenegro. If anything the reaction is “you don’t need a .com!?”


And they'll accept anything from you without any ID whatsoever if you just use paper and a postage stamp.


What do you mean exactly?


The IRS doesnt require any auth if you print out whatever and mail it to them, no internet. They just believe you




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