BIG BROTHER UPDATE: IRS Will Start Using Facial Recognition and Require Selfies to Pay Your Taxes Online
Privacy continues to be under attack as Big Brother US government turns to facial recognition and plans to require selfies in order for Americans to file their tax returns online.
Yahoo reports that the IRS will soon be requiring Americans to share selfies with the entity in order to file their tax returns online.
The Internal Revenue Service (IRS) is going to require users of its online tax payment services to create an identification account, which will involve sending off a selfie for facial recognition.
Security blogger Brian Krebs was the first to spot a message on the IRS website directing users to create an account with a company called ID.me.