NEW YORK, Feb 8 ― The US national tax authority announced Monday that it will stop using facial recognition software to verify taxpayers’ identities when they create online accounts, following a chorus of privacy concerns.
The IRS said “it will transition away from using a third-party service for facial recognition to help authenticate people creating new online accounts.” “It is also alarming that IRS and so many government agencies have outsourced their core technology infrastructure to the private sector,” he added. Under pressure from watchdogs, major firms such as Amazon, Microsoft, IBM and Google have stopped, at least temporarily, selling their facial recognition software to police forces.
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