The Internal Revenue Service will drop its controversial use of facial recognition for authenticating individuals creating new online accounts. The agency said this week it will transition over weeks to avoid larger disruptions during filing season.The tool had drawn wide criticism, including from both Republicans and Democrats in Congress. The IRS announced in November it was using the services of ID.me to replace existing users names for a wide variety of services.
The IRS said in its prepared statement about the decision to back trakc that , it “will quickly develop and bring online an additional authentication process that does not involve facial recognition.
