It's disgusting that the state are that desperate to know everyone's worth that they stoop down to such low levels to find it. Attempting to crack wallets without permission, is something a "normal" person would likely go to prison for.
the irs doesnt need private keys or the seed to achieve their main objective; all the need is a list of addy you control. at that point they have all the info they need as they can then monitor those addys.
Yeah, I don't believe that they intend to take anything, unless they can lawfully take it by coming to the conclusion that someone hasn't declared the correct amount of tax.
Cracking seed phrases? Are they insane, simple word, it's robbery.
I guess it's only robbery if they actually take anything. Their intentions might be to try, and break in, and determine whether someone has been paying the correct amount of tax or just general surveillance, because as we know from the Snowden leaks they love to monitor pretty much everything that they can, and they don't mind breaking some laws to do that.