The Internal Revenue Service (IRS) stated on Monday that it will retire from utilizing ID.me. ID.me is a face recognition startup with which it had collaborated to authenticate online accounts. Facial recognition technology has been shown to be less accurate. ...

After public outcry over the idea that taxpayers might have to snap selfies to access their IRS.gov accounts, the Internal Revenue Service reconsiders alternatives to ID.me, the controversial identity-checking system now used by states and other federal agencies. The Treasury ...