Locking yourself out of your Google Account for any reason is a stressful situation—with all your emails, documents, photos, and other data suddenly out of bounds—but now there’s a new way to prove your identity and regain access: a simple selfie video.
Beyond the basic password and email address, it’s always wise to set up multiple sign-in methods, as each additional one gives you a better chance of getting your account back if something goes wrong. Recovery contacts feature A good example is where Google uses your verified, trusted contacts to prove your identity.
Now you can use selfie videos too. by By following this link You can see if the feature is live for your account, and record your selfie via webcam or phone camera. If you’re having trouble logging in, you can record a new selfie, which will be compared to the original selfie saved in your account.
At the moment, the selfie video option isn’t available for my account, so I couldn’t test it. It looks like this will be rolled out to users gradually, though Google hasn’t said anything specific about availability or schedule — just that users can now check if their account is eligible.
“Your selfie video is yours and you’re in control,” Google says in it Advertising blog post. “It’s recorded with your consent and stored securely, and you can delete it at any time in your Google Account. It’s only used to help you sign in, unless you choose to share it for additional purposes. Your selfie video is encrypted at rest, meaning it’s stored securely even when it’s not in use.”
It means “additional purposes”. Google will Use your “video and related data to assist in ongoing efforts to develop and improve facial recognition, age estimation and other verification methods that may use your physical features or movements” Age verification grows up again).
What do you think so far?
Deepfax also has an obvious point. Google says there are “multiple layers of protection” to protect against fake photos and videos, including making you go through several simple movements while recording a selfie — movements that are hard to guess and replicate with DeepFake.
All normal Google Account checks will also be in effect, so (for example) you may see additional security questions if you’re suddenly trying to log in from the other side of the world from your normal login attempts.
Given the accuracy of technology like Face ID these days, video selfie sign-in should prove to be a useful backup method for accessing your account. There’s nothing extra for you to remember—you just have to bring your face—and it seems hard to get around at the moment.
