What to do about the new ID.me login requirement at TreasuryDirect

Harry Sit has written an article on his website, The Finance Buff, this morning 9/14/2026, describing the new requirement for using ID.me to log into a TreasuryDirect account. I found the article particularity informative as, like him, I had previously obtained a ID.me account. His closing comment, "You have two bad choices. Either give sensitive information to a private company picked by the government agency or sell everything and pay taxes. I really don’t like this, but I don’t think they will change", accurately reflects my thoughts on this change. I will likely wait a while, maybe a long while, before I log in to Treasury Direct using ID.me to give time to let any system bugs to be resolved.

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