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Government agencies are tapping a facial recognition company to prove you're you – here's why that raises concerns about privacy, accuracy and fairness

  • Written by James Hendler, Professor of Computer, Web and Cognitive Sciences, Rensselaer Polytechnic Institute
Government agencies are tapping a facial recognition company to prove you're you – here's why that raises concerns about privacy, accuracy and fairnessBeginning this summer, you might need to upload a selfie and a photo ID to a private company, ID.me, if you want to file your taxes online.Oscar Wong/Moment via Getty Images

The U.S. Internal Revenue Service is planning to require citizens to create accounts with a private facial recognition company in order to file taxes online. The IRS is joining...

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