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Forgot your Google password? Now you can log in with a selfie.

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Submitted ⁨⁨12⁩ ⁨hours⁩ 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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  • nebirus@beehaw.org ⁨1⁩ ⁨hour⁩ 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.

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    • Sabata11792@ani.social ⁨1⁩ ⁨hour⁩ ago

      I lost access to my face and back up face, how do I log in?

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  • melroy@kbin.melroy.org ⁨3⁩ ⁨hours⁩ ago

    no thanks... I rather lose my google account

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  • psx_crab@lemmy.zip ⁨8⁩ ⁨hours⁩ ago

    ICE: unlock your ph…ohh nevermind, it’s unlocked using your face.

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  • oats@beehaw.org ⁨7⁩ ⁨hours⁩ 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

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  • Hirom@beehaw.org ⁨10⁩ ⁨hours⁩ 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.

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  • einkorn@feddit.org ⁨11⁩ ⁨hours⁩ ago

    Hello, my name is Hugh Jackman.

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    • MagicShel@lemmy.zip ⁨7⁩ ⁨hours⁩ ago

      … you killed my father. Prepare to die.

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  • webghost0101@sopuli.xyz ⁨7⁩ ⁨hours⁩ 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?

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    • oats@beehaw.org ⁨6⁩ ⁨minutes⁩ 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)

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    • sanzky@beehaw.org ⁨4⁩ ⁨hours⁩ ago

      faceId is completely in device. This is a video that is sent to google to process

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    • smeg@feddit.uk ⁨7⁩ ⁨hours⁩ ago

      That’s unlocking your phone, this is unlocking your entire Google account (e.g. on a new device)

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      • webghost0101@sopuli.xyz ⁨6⁩ ⁨hours⁩ 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.

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  • thanksforallthefish@literature.cafe ⁨9⁩ ⁨hours⁩ ago

    What could possibly go wrong ?

    /s

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