Face Recognition Is Out. So How Will the IRS Verify Identity?
Such problems led the IRS and many others to switch to alternatives, such as sending a code to a phone number checked against credit agency records. They…
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The IRS Drops Facial Recognition Verification After Uproar
The Internal Revenue Service is dropping a controversial facial recognition system that requires people to upload video selfies when creating new IRS online…
IRS drops use of facial recognition for ID verification
The IRS has backtracked on plans to allow users to verify their identities using facial recognition after a major backlash.The government body had…
IRS Retreats From Facial Recognition to Verify Taxpayers’ Identities
WASHINGTON—The Internal Revenue Service is scrapping its use of a private facial-recognition system to authenticate taxpayers’…
IRS to End Use of Facial Recognition to Identify Taxpayers in US
The IRS said Monday it will suspend the use of facial recognition technology to authenticate people who create online accounts after the practice was…
IRS to end ID.me facial recognition effort after widespread backlash | ZDNet
The Internal Revenue Service (IRS) announced on Monday afternoon…
House Democrats join senators in urging the IRS to end ID.me facial recognition plan | ZDNet
Multiple members of Congress have come out against a plan from…
IRS says it will back away from facial recognition amid outcry
It didn't take long for the Internal Revenue Service to respond to pressure to drop facial recognition. The agency has told Senator Ron Wyden it plans to…
IRS will end use of facial recognition after widespread privacy concerns
The Internal Revenue Service has announced that it will transition away from the use of third-party facial recognition services for the verification of…
House Democrats urge IRS to halt facial recognition plans
It's not just Republican senators upset over the Internal Revenue Service's plans to adopt ID.me facial recognition. Democratic House Representatives Ted…