Selfie for sign-in: a new, easy way to access your Google Account

Re:Selfie for sign-in: a new, easy way to access your Google... by PradeetPatel on Thursday July 23, 2026 @06:38PM (#49029007)

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.

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Re:Selfie for sign-in: a new, easy way to access your Google... by swat535 on Thursday July 23, 2026 @07:15PM (#49029349)

The same reason age identity verification is getting a lot of push back..? This is dystopian on another level.

We are gong to reach a state of total digital surveillance without regulation at this point.

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Re:Selfie for sign-in: a new, easy way to access your Google... by jryle70 on Friday July 24, 2026 @01:19AM (#49031475)

Then regulate. The feature itself is useful, not depressing.

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Re:Selfie for sign-in: a new, easy way to access your Google... by M95D on Friday July 24, 2026 @03:25AM (#49032241)

At this point all govs would just regulate it to mandatory.

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Re:Selfie for sign-in: a new, easy way to access your Google... by mdp2021 on Friday July 24, 2026 @04:52AM (#49032914)

The current issue is in the category "action from bad regulators is worse than no action".

(The further issue is that bad regulators are posing the basis for future worse regulators.)

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Re:Selfie for sign-in: a new, easy way to access your Google... by andunie on Thursday July 30, 2026 @09:04AM (#49109450)

This doesn't work at all. There is no magic fairy that will create good regulation.

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Re:Selfie for sign-in: a new, easy way to access your Google... by andunie on Thursday July 30, 2026 @09:02AM (#49109426)

Total Panopticon.

If you think it's good for accessibility make it optional. This will be mandatory.

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