Huge government agencies clash over imposing facial recognition

A person familiar with IRS practices, who spoke on the condition of anonymity because they were not authorized to speak publicly about internal discussions, said the agency evaluated five companies and chose ID.me because it was the only candidate to meet the agency’s security requirements. The lack of facial recognition in Login.gov, the person said, was seen as a dealbreaker, given the IRS’s heightened risk of identity theft and fraud.