Hello, my name is Hugh Jackman.
Forgot your Google password? Now you can log in with a selfie.
Submitted 1 month ago by along_the_road@beehaw.org to technology@beehaw.org
https://arstechnica.com/gadgets/2026/07/google-now-lets-you-log-into-your-account-with-a-selfie/
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einkorn@feddit.org 1 month ago
MagicShel@lemmy.zip 1 month ago
… you killed my father. Prepare to die.
psx_crab@lemmy.zip 1 month ago
ICE: unlock your ph…ohh nevermind, it’s unlocked using your face.
oats@beehaw.org 1 month ago
Yeah, thanks but no thanks.
The biggest thing I’ll use is fingerprint on my phone, caus its comfy, and quickly disabled should the need arise
nebirus@beehaw.org 1 month ago
It is good practice to create a different password for each service. That way, if one service is compromised, your adversary cannot use that password to unlock everything else.
That may sound onerous, but thanks to selfie-login technology, you can instead simply use a different face for each account.
Sabata11792@ani.social 1 month ago
I lost access to my face and back up face, how do I log in?
thanksforallthefish@literature.cafe 1 month ago
What could possibly go wrong ?
/s
melroy@kbin.melroy.org 1 month ago
no thanks... I rather lose my google account
webghost0101@sopuli.xyz 1 month ago
Did i just time travel or is this the feature i have been refusing to use on my phone for almost a decade?
Yeah November 3, 2017; 8 years ago
Is this implemented very different technologically speaking?
sanzky@beehaw.org 1 month ago
faceId is completely in device. This is a video that is sent to google to process
smeg@feddit.uk 1 month ago
That’s unlocking your phone, this is unlocking your entire Google account (e.g. on a new device)
webghost0101@sopuli.xyz 1 month ago
Is that really that different?
The article doesn’t go into any length to explain the technology. But assuringly its just an encrypted passcode created with an algorithm using measured face data.
Crafting a secure reliable personal id based on pure visual appearance has been tricky and when this came out i disliked it but it was clearly a feat.
What is the story here?
Google trusting this technology?
Them adding age verification to it?
I am just confused what makes this enough of something to write/post it.
oats@beehaw.org 1 month ago
Maybe its “unlocking” stuff on your desktop browser with your phone, like the new captchas where you have to scan a QR and receive a code via SMS (seriously google, what the heck)
corsicanguppy@lemmy.ca 1 month ago
As I’ve said before: HOW ABOUT NO
GrindingGears@lemmy.ca 1 month ago
So what do we do about my evil twin brother who is a supervillain?
I didn’t believe this was a problem until I watched my wife and her twin sister unlocking each others phones (they aren’t identical but they do look quite a lot alike)
Quexotic@beehaw.org 1 month ago
Time for graphene and protonmail. They should at least take another 15y to enshittify to this point.
Hirom@beehaw.org 1 month ago
It might be possible to fool it.
More important, it’s normalizing use of facial recognition in everyday situations. This is a very invasive tech and prime for abuse by increasingly autoratarian governments.