Introducing selfie for sign-in: a new way to access your Google Account • Hacker News Board

Re: Introducing selfie for sign-in: a new way to access your Google Account

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Post by [deleted] » Thu, Jul 23, 2026, 9:08 PM UTC

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Re: Introducing selfie for sign-in: a new way to access your Google Account

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Post by iosjunkie » Thu, Jul 23, 2026, 9:08 PM UTC

I would love to know how they are going to handle deepfakes.

Also, doesn't this give law enforcement an easier avenue to compel access to someone's accounts?

Re: Introducing selfie for sign-in: a new way to access your Google Account

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Post by trollbridge » Thu, Jul 23, 2026, 9:10 PM UTC

  Your Google Account holds a lot of valuable information, from cherished photos to important emails and documents.

Stuff like this is why I and many other people are going out of our way to make this no longer the case.

Re: Introducing selfie for sign-in: a new way to access your Google Account

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Post by pzxc » Thu, Jul 23, 2026, 9:24 PM UTC

https://nevergivethemyourface.com/

Re: Introducing selfie for sign-in: a new way to access your Google Account

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Post by xnx » Thu, Jul 23, 2026, 9:25 PM UTC

If there were a Doomsday Clock for how close we are to "please drink verification can" (https://files.catbox.moe/eqg0b2.png), scientists would now move it to 3 minutes to midnight.

Re: Introducing selfie for sign-in: a new way to access your Google Account

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Post by guessmyname » Thu, Jul 23, 2026, 9:26 PM UTC

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Re: Introducing selfie for sign-in: a new way to access your Google Account

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Post by ThePowerOfFuet » Thu, Jul 23, 2026, 9:27 PM UTC

ButlerianJihad wrote: post #18

pudgywalsh wrote: post #3

I'm waiting for the new killer feature where "Sign In With Google" popup overlay dialogs go away forever and never come back.

Guess what, there are browser settings for that!

Not in Firefox there isn't. It's part of the website.

Re: Introducing selfie for sign-in: a new way to access your Google Account

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Post by tintor » Thu, Jul 23, 2026, 9:27 PM UTC

trollbridge wrote: post #23

Your Google Account holds a lot of valuable information, from cherished photos to important emails and documents. Stuff like this is why I and many other people are going out of our way to make this no longer the case.

Moved all of my cherished photos out of my Google Account.

Re: Introducing selfie for sign-in: a new way to access your Google Account

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Post by gitowiec » Thu, Jul 23, 2026, 9:27 PM UTC

I happily will provide my selfie with one brown eye and round pale face

Re: Introducing selfie for sign-in: a new way to access your Google Account

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Post by ThePowerOfFuet » Thu, Jul 23, 2026, 9:27 PM UTC

netsharc wrote: post #17

pudgywalsh wrote: post #3

I'm waiting for the new killer feature where "Sign In With Google" popup overlay dialogs go away forever and never come back.

Fucking hell, they modified Chrome/ium to pop up an application dialog (it's not just somr HTML inside the web page) to "log-in using Google".. fuck Google! Maybe next they'll get Chrome to automatically turn on your webcam, capture your face and say "Thanks for logging in!"

So don't use Chrome/Chromium. The web is so much better with uBlock Origin anyway!!