You Can Now Recover Your Google Account With a Selfie Video

[MacRumors]

Google today introduced a new selfie sign-in option for Google Account recovery. It offers an alternative way for Google users to access their accounts alongside passkeys, recovery contacts, and other entry methods.

To create a selfie video, you look at your device's camera and then follow Google's instructions to complete a series of head movements to capture multiple angles. The video is saved to your account and can be used later if you need access.

Google recommends users have multiple sign-in methods set up to avoid losing access to an account. With selfie video, you can take a selfie to get access to your account if you don't have access to your email address or a trusted device. Google compares your new selfie video to the one saved to the account to grant access. Multiple layers of security are meant to prevent impersonation attempts like AI-generated photos and videos.

Google says selfie videos are encrypted and stored securely, and are only used for helping you sign in to your account, unless you opt to "share it for additional purposes." Videos can be deleted anytime.

Selfie videos were previously tested in Brazil. The feature is designed for Google Accounts only, and does not work for Workspace accounts, children's accounts, or accounts enrolled in the Advanced Protection Program.

Article Link: You Can Now Recover Your Google Account With a Selfie Video

 

[swm]

correction:

you can now link your personal image and potentially a video recording of your facial gestures to your google account so they can process it in their other systems/services and figure out a way how they could potentially monetise it, unless you haven't done so already.
let the free training data flow in.

 

[racerhomie]

Don’t passkeys end needing to remember passwords?

 

[DBZmusicboy01]

Extremely Scary…many reasons why but we can guess because if one day liking the color blue becomes illegal then you can’t have anything blue related in your account files and such… wish we were allowed to emphasis more why it is.

 

[Aprifox]

This is creepy. NO THANKS!!

 

[kotaKat]

Yikes By Google(tm)

 

[svish]

I definitely don't like the idea of storing a selfie video with Google and I would not use it for sure. Think a passkey is more than enough.

 

[PixelPanics]

I'd rather lose my account thank you.

 

[Hammerd]

Selfie videos are encrypted and stored securely, and are only used for helping you sign in to your account, unless you opt to "share it for additional purposes."
What??

 

[JiggyJaggy]

Guess you cant do this is you have locked your Gmail account from years ago?

 

[Bodycalming]

But isn’t that how I unlock my phone with all my private and personal data on, and not to mention my banking app 🥴 A very bad idea 👎 So please don’t send your face unlock video to anybody, as Svish said “A passkey is more than enough”.

 

[iZac]

Cue the onslaught of AI agents generating deepfakes to get into your account.

 

[applyr]

The dystopia has already begun.

 

[Mac Fly (film)]

There's no lol emoji quite lol enough. Sure, they started Google in a garage. And I'm sure they started Oracle in a garage too, ahahah. Who paid their first contract? 😂

 

[Le_Chiffre]

Selfie videos are encrypted and stored securely, and are only used for helping you sign in to your account, unless you opt to "share it for additional purposes."
What??

Just like incognito mode was meant for user privacy. 😂

 

[Robert.Walter]

No way in hell I’d ever do that.

 

[Mac Fly (film)]

Just like incognito mode was meant for user privacy. 😂

Turning on incognito probably flags you inside Google and other places as one to watch. Meanwhile, VPNs are totally secure and are absolutely not a way to funnel your traffic directly through government agencies. When they are sharing your nudie home pics around the office they just got lucky, man.

 

[BigBlur]

Don’t passkeys end needing to remember passwords?

Yes, but what if you accidentally delete the passkey, or happen to get locked out of your account/device where your passkeys are stored? Now you're also locked out of the accounts where you used a passkey and will need to attempt to recover them.

 

[canadianreader]

Don’t passkeys end needing to remember passwords?

Passkeys aren't the solution they're device-linked so if you lose your device you lose those passkeys forever.

 

[canadianreader]

correction:

you can now link your personal image and potentially a video recording of your facial gestures to your google account so they can process it in their other systems/services and figure out a way how they could potentially monetise it, unless you haven't done so already.
let the free training data flow in.

Not only that but with AI anyone can generate a video selfie of anyone fool the system and gain access.

 

[NicosAccount]

lol next step theyre asking for complete tax reports and hospital records for your own safety

 

[FoxyKaye]

correction:

you can now link your personal image and potentially a video recording of your facial gestures to your google account so they can process it in their other systems/services and figure out a way how they could potentially monetise it, unless you haven't done so already.
let the free training data flow in.

Don't forget giving it over to ICE as part of an "administrative" subpoena. Yeah... Thanks but no thanks for this bridge to nowhere.

 

[groove-agent]

I remember when Meta was asking for a 3D image of my face. I can't only imagine what those clowns are going to do with it. No thanks.

 

[Zapski]

Just use your genitalia instead. I mean, at this point… ¯\_(ツ)_/¯

 

[CarAnalogy]

Oh hell no. I need to find out how to disable this.

Remember the recent instagram account takeovers due to “helpful” AI resetting security settings with no human oversight?