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

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

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Post by cadamsdotcom »

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.

Ironically it was DuckDuckGo's AI that gave me the magic string for uBlock origin:

accounts.google.com/gsi/*

Put that in your config and enjoy.

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

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Post by sgc »

ThePowerOfFuet wrote: post #27
ButlerianJihad wrote: post #18

Earlier quoted context omitted.

Guess what, there are browser settings for that!

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

I use a 30-seconds-of-work horribly-hacked Stylus setting to make it a blue dot that can expand on hover:

@-moz-document regexp(".") { / Insert code here... */ #credential_picker_container { width: fit-content !important; height: fit-content !important; } iframe[src^="https://accounts.google.com/gsi/iframe/select"] { width: 10px !important; height: 10px !important; border-radius: 50% !important; background-color:blue !important; } iframe[src^="https://accounts.google.com/gsi/iframe/select"]:hover { width: 300px !important; height: 300px !important; border-radius: 0 !important; } }

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

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Post by muppetman »

wegwerf17377382 wrote: post #47
muppetman wrote: post #16

Google already have 5,000 odd photos of me anyway in Google photos. I'm screwed either way.

That attitude is exactly what got you into that mess. There's no reason to believe the mess couldn't get any deeper, so backing out now doesn't have to be useless.

Of course. I wish that Immich had existed when I started using Google Photos, but it didn't. And I'd just had my first child so I really wanted to ensure I didn't lose any memories. These days I run the two in parallel.

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

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Post by PradeetPatel »

andunie wrote: post #10

The fact that most people will love this is depressing.

Can you please explain why it is depressing? This feature is widely celebrated in the accessibility user groups in India, since the traditional sign-in methods have been proven to be a major friction point for users with special needs.

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

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Post by free_bip »

iosjunkie wrote: post #22

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?

Yes it does. Biometric information (e.g a picture of your face) is famously not nearly as protected under the 4th amendment compared to things like passwords.

Anyone opting into this feature is effectively giving any US law enforcement (including ICE, local law enforcement, etc) free reign over their data.

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