
IRS halts plan to require facial recognition for logging in to user accounts
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The Internal Revenue Service is halting a plan that would have required taxpayers to verify their identities with facial recognition software before signing on to its website following backlash from lawmakers and privacy groups.
The IRS said in a statement Monday that it will "transition away from using a third-party verification service involving facial recognition." The IRS said it will bring online an "additional authentication process" that doesn't use facial recognition technology, and work with other partners in government to come up with ways to authenticate taxpayers that "protect taxpayer data and ensure broad access to online tools." It did not explain what that authentication process will include.

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