CNN

Want your unemployment benefits? You may have to submit to facial recognition first

After being let go from his job as a software quality-assurance engineer in April, Eric Watkins said he filed for unemployment benefits in Colorado. But he hasn’t received a penny of the $6,490 he ...
Business Insider

When you log in to your IRS account this tax season you'll likely have to use ID.me to verify your identity. The service scoops up a huge pool of personal data that police and ...

The IRS could soon require anyone logging into IRS.gov to use ID.me to verify their identity. Privacy experts and civil-rights advocates worry ID.me will share its ...
WRAL TechWire

ID me: More states requiring facial recognition for unemployment benefits

After being let go from his job as a software quality-assurance engineer in April, Eric Watkins said he filed for unemployment benefits in Colorado. But he hasn’t received a penny of the $6,490 he ...
CNN

After face-recognition backlash, ID.me says government agencies will get more verification options

On Monday, the Internal Revenue Service halted a plan that would have forced taxpayers to verify their identities with facial recognition software before signing on to its website. A day later, the ...