Hello, my name is Hugh Jackman.
Forgot your Google password? Now you can log in with a selfie.
Submitted 3 weeks 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/
Comments
einkorn@feddit.org 3 weeks ago
MagicShel@lemmy.zip 3 weeks ago
… you killed my father. Prepare to die.
psx_crab@lemmy.zip 3 weeks ago
ICE: unlock your ph…ohh nevermind, it’s unlocked using your face.
oats@beehaw.org 3 weeks 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 3 weeks 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 3 weeks ago
I lost access to my face and back up face, how do I log in?
thanksforallthefish@literature.cafe 3 weeks ago
What could possibly go wrong ?
/s
melroy@kbin.melroy.org 3 weeks ago
no thanks... I rather lose my google account
webghost0101@sopuli.xyz 3 weeks 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 3 weeks ago
faceId is completely in device. This is a video that is sent to google to process
smeg@feddit.uk 3 weeks ago
That’s unlocking your phone, this is unlocking your entire Google account (e.g. on a new device)
webghost0101@sopuli.xyz 3 weeks 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 2 weeks 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 2 weeks ago
As I’ve said before: HOW ABOUT NO
GrindingGears@lemmy.ca 2 weeks 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 2 weeks ago
Time for graphene and protonmail. They should at least take another 15y to enshittify to this point.
Hirom@beehaw.org 3 weeks 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.