Single sign-on for US government services getting face biometrics

Login.gov, the U.S. government's single sign-on service, is at long last getting a face biometrics function. Probably.

Officials with the General Services Administration, which owns Login.gov, have said they will add two ID verification functions to Login.gov. One will be face-matching, a controversial option for a vocal segment of privacy-prizing citizens.

Another verification option, one that does not involve facial recognition algorithms, is in the works, according to the government, but the GSA hasn't announced it. The agency has suggested …

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