Lawmakers want IRS to address security concerns with use of facial recognition on taxpayers

Democrats and Republicans are turning up the pressure on the Internal Revenue Service to address privacy and security concerns with its plan to use facial recognition on millions of Americans who access the agency’s website for tax documents and payments. Sen. Ron Wyden, D-Ore., asked the agency Monday to reverse its decision and halt its work with facial-recognition-based identity verification provider, ID.me. “While the IRS had the best of intentions — to prevent criminals from accessing Americans’ tax records, using …

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