IRS says it will back away from facial recognition amid outcry
Senator Ron Wyden it plans to back away from using facial recognition for verification purposes. Wyden cautioned the transition would"take time," but he saw this as evidence the Biden administration knew privacy and security weren't"mutually exclusive" concepts.the shift would take place over weeks to minimize disruptions to tax filing season.
We've asked ID.me, the company slated to provide facial recognition to the IRS, for comment. Under the plan, the IRS would have used the technology to authenticate users hoping to file taxes online or otherwise use the IRS' internet services. The approach was intended as a fraud prevention tool, and would have been available by the summer.
The about-face comes after a wave of recent political pressure. While the Treasury Department was already reconsidering the use of facial recognition tech at the IRS, the service encountered opposition from
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