Half of US states now using facial recognition to vet unemployment claims
I understand the concern that people aren't getting help when they need it, but the numbers around unemployment insurance fraud are unbelievable. Axios reported that as much as <i>half</i> of all unemployment insurance paid out has been stolen. [1]<p>My dad was one of the 21.5 million who had their SSNs stolen as a part of having a government background check done [2], and a couple weeks ago he was personally a victim of someone fraudulently applying for unemployment benefits on his behalf.<p>I'm not saying that facial recognition is a reasonable way to try to fix this, but we're talking about $400,000,000,000 being stolen. They have to figure <i>something</i> out.<p>[1]: <a href="https://www.axios.com/pandemic-unemployment-fraud-benefits-stolen-a937ad9d-0973-4aad-814f-4ca47b72f67f.html" rel="nofollow">https://www.axios.com/pandemic-unemployment-fraud-benefits-s...</a><p>[2]: <a href="https://www.nytimes.com/2015/07/10/us/office-of-personnel-management-hackers-got-data-of-millions.html" rel="nofollow">https://www.nytimes.com/2015/07/10/us/office-of-personnel-ma...</a>