{"id":10756,"date":"2022-02-07T22:47:06","date_gmt":"2022-02-07T22:47:06","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/mailinvest.blog\/index.php\/2022\/02\/07\/irs-kills-plan-to-verify-taxpayers-with-facial-recognition-the-register\/"},"modified":"2022-02-07T22:47:06","modified_gmt":"2022-02-07T22:47:06","slug":"irs-kills-plan-to-verify-taxpayers-with-facial-recognition-the-register","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/mailinvest.blog\/index.php\/2022\/02\/07\/irs-kills-plan-to-verify-taxpayers-with-facial-recognition-the-register\/","title":{"rendered":"IRS kills plan to verify taxpayers with facial recognition \u2022 The Register"},"content":{"rendered":"

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The Internal Revenue Service has abandoned its plan to verify the identities of US taxpayers using a private contractor’s facial recognition technology after both Democrats and Republicans actively opposed the deal.<\/p>\n

US Senator Ron Wyden (D-OR) on Monday said Treasury Department officials informed his office that the agency has decided to move away from using the private facial recognition service ID.me to verify IRS.gov accounts.<\/p>\n

“The Treasury Department has made the smart decision to direct the IRS to transition away from using the controversial ID.me verification service, as I requested earlier today,” Wyden said in a statement<\/a>. “I understand the transition process may take time, but I appreciate that the administration recognizes that privacy and security are not mutually exclusive and no one should be forced to submit to facial recognition to access critical government services.”<\/p>\n

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