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  1. Meta and Google are testing selfie video verification.

    Both companies are rolling out video-based identity checks to verify users and help with account recovery. While they promise stronger security, they also raise new questions about biometric privacy and how facial data is stored and used.

    Read more: digitalescapetools.com/2026/07

    #Privacy #Biometrics #Google #Meta #CyberSecurity #DigitalRights #TechNews

  2. Meta and Google are testing selfie video verification.

    Both companies are rolling out video-based identity checks to verify users and help with account recovery. While they promise stronger security, they also raise new questions about biometric privacy and how facial data is stored and used.

    Read more: digitalescapetools.com/2026/07

    #Privacy #Biometrics #Google #Meta #CyberSecurity #DigitalRights #TechNews

  3. Google and Meta both shipped facial recognition this week, days apart, for two different stated reasons — account recovery, catching AI catfish. Same instinct underneath: give us your face.

    blog.ppb1701.com/everyone-know

    #bigtech #google #meta #privacy #biometrics #faceid #surveillance #userhostile #blog

  4. Google and Meta both shipped facial recognition this week, days apart, for two different stated reasons — account recovery, catching AI catfish. Same instinct underneath: give us your face.

    blog.ppb1701.com/everyone-know

    #bigtech #google #meta #privacy #biometrics #faceid #surveillance #userhostile #blog

  5. Google Introduces Selfie Video Login Feature for Enhanced Security

    📰 Original title: Google Adds Selfie Video As a Log-In Option

    🤖 IA: It's clickbait ⚠️
    👥 Users: It's clickbait ⚠️

    View full AI summary en.killbait.com/google-introdu

    #technology #biometrics #security

  6. Google Introduces Selfie Video Login Feature for Enhanced Security

    📰 Original title: Google Adds Selfie Video As a Log-In Option

    🤖 IA: It's clickbait ⚠️
    👥 Users: It's clickbait ⚠️

    View full AI summary en.killbait.com/google-introdu

    #technology #biometrics #security

  7. Ars Technica: Forgot your Google password? Now you can log in with a selfie.. “Getting locked out of an account is no fun. Google has a few ways to help you regain access if you happen to forget your password or lose an authenticator, including recovery contacts and backup codes. Now, Google has a completely new option: your face.”

    https://rbfirehose.com/2026/07/24/ars-technica-forgot-your-google-password-now-you-can-log-in-with-a-selfie/
  8. Ars Technica: Forgot your Google password? Now you can log in with a selfie.. “Getting locked out of an account is no fun. Google has a few ways to help you regain access if you happen to forget your password or lose an authenticator, including recovery contacts and backup codes. Now, Google has a completely new option: your face.”

    https://rbfirehose.com/2026/07/24/ars-technica-forgot-your-google-password-now-you-can-log-in-with-a-selfie/
  9. "The US’s excessive demands for travellers’ profiling and surveillance in order to stay in its Visa Waiver Programme are nothing less than blackmail. The EU accepting the terms of this power struggle is extremely worrying for the rights of Europeans and any third country nationals registered in European databases.

    The scheme implies systematic transfers of biometric data and other highly sensitive and subjective “indications of risk” based on European national databases to the US government, which has shown a blatant disregard for basic human rights in its harsh and inhumane treatment of migrants and visitors. In that regard, the draft text does nothing to protect from discrimination based on political opinions, which is worrying because the US is already cracking down political dissent, including its unlawful practice of screening travellers’ social media profiles. The sharing of individual risk assessments to supposedly protect “public security and public order” under the EBSP could further target opposition to the Trump administration, support to transgender people’s rights or protests against the genocide in Gaza expressed (publicly) on social media, with potentially significant impacts, including detention at the borders.

    Furthermore it is very difficult to know the terms of the negotiations as the talks are shrouded in secrecy. However, in May 2026, EDRi member Statewatch leaked a “revised version” of the draft Framework Agreement, revealing the direction the future deal has taken."

    edri.org/our-work/the-eu-is-ab

    #EU #USA #Surveillance #Biometrics #Privacy #DataProtection

  10. "The US’s excessive demands for travellers’ profiling and surveillance in order to stay in its Visa Waiver Programme are nothing less than blackmail. The EU accepting the terms of this power struggle is extremely worrying for the rights of Europeans and any third country nationals registered in European databases.

    The scheme implies systematic transfers of biometric data and other highly sensitive and subjective “indications of risk” based on European national databases to the US government, which has shown a blatant disregard for basic human rights in its harsh and inhumane treatment of migrants and visitors. In that regard, the draft text does nothing to protect from discrimination based on political opinions, which is worrying because the US is already cracking down political dissent, including its unlawful practice of screening travellers’ social media profiles. The sharing of individual risk assessments to supposedly protect “public security and public order” under the EBSP could further target opposition to the Trump administration, support to transgender people’s rights or protests against the genocide in Gaza expressed (publicly) on social media, with potentially significant impacts, including detention at the borders.

    Furthermore it is very difficult to know the terms of the negotiations as the talks are shrouded in secrecy. However, in May 2026, EDRi member Statewatch leaked a “revised version” of the draft Framework Agreement, revealing the direction the future deal has taken."

    edri.org/our-work/the-eu-is-ab

    #EU #USA #Surveillance #Biometrics #Privacy #DataProtection

  11. @bermudianbrit

    Seems like a great way to capture audio of people's voices for later "AI" reproduction or cloning 🙂🤷‍♂️

    Probably best not to willingly hand over biometrics, especially if your bank uses any sort of Voice ID technology 🤔

    youtu.be/-zVgWpVXb64

    #OpSec #Security #BioMetrics #VoiceCloning #Ramblio

  12. @bermudianbrit

    Seems like a great way to capture audio of people's voices for later "AI" reproduction or cloning 🙂🤷‍♂️

    Probably best not to willingly hand over biometrics, especially if your bank uses any sort of Voice ID technology 🤔

    youtu.be/-zVgWpVXb64

    #OpSec #Security #BioMetrics #VoiceCloning #Ramblio

  13. The SAVE Act does not mandate biometric ID—but it places federal identity verification inside the electoral process as governments worldwide build interoperable digital identity, biometric, payment and data systems.

    This investigation separates provable infrastructure from speculation and reveals how the pieces could eventually converge.

    Read the full investigation:
    thomaster.substack.com/p/the-s

    #SAVEAct #DigitalID #Biometrics #Surveillance #Privacy #ElectionIntegrity

  14. The SAVE Act does not mandate biometric ID—but it places federal identity verification inside the electoral process as governments worldwide build interoperable digital identity, biometric, payment and data systems.

    This investigation separates provable infrastructure from speculation and reveals how the pieces could eventually converge.

    Read the full investigation:
    thomaster.substack.com/p/the-s

    #SAVEAct #DigitalID #Biometrics #Surveillance #Privacy #ElectionIntegrity

  15. L'autenticazione biometrica su Linux compie un passo avanti con Biopass, un progetto open source che integra riconoscimento facciale e impronte digitali in un'unica applicazione. #Linux #OpenSource #Biometrics #Security #Privacy


    linuxeasy.org/biopass-porta-su

  16. L'autenticazione biometrica su Linux compie un passo avanti con Biopass, un progetto open source che integra riconoscimento facciale e impronte digitali in un'unica applicazione. #Linux #OpenSource #Biometrics #Security #Privacy


    linuxeasy.org/biopass-porta-su

  17. Facial recognition gates are now live at Ikebukuro Station in Tokyo. Worth noting what this actually means: biometric data collected at scale in a transit hub, with no clear public baseline on retention policies, access controls, or error rate thresholds. Convenience and surveillance infrastructure often share the same gate. #biometrics #privacy #infosec
    japantimes.co.jp/business/2026

  18. Here’s the Truth About Whether Meta’s #NameTag #FaceRecognition Tech ‘Exists’

    Since WIRED reported on Meta’s NameTag face recognition system, company executives have made confusing and conflicting remarks about its very existence.
    #meta #privacy #security #biometrics

    wired.com/story/heres-the-trut

  19. Here’s the Truth About Whether Meta’s #NameTag #FaceRecognition Tech ‘Exists’

    Since WIRED reported on Meta’s NameTag face recognition system, company executives have made confusing and conflicting remarks about its very existence.
    #meta #privacy #security #biometrics

    wired.com/story/heres-the-trut

  20. Mediaite: Madison Square Garden Has Massive Database of Celebs Who Attend Knicks Games and Gives Them a ‘Risk Score’: Report. “In 2023, New York Democrats threatened to strip MSG of its property tax exemption over the venue’s use of facial recognition technology; and earlier this year, it was revealed that Dolan’s company kept a database of biometric data and even tracked the movements of […]

    https://rbfirehose.com/2026/07/12/madison-square-garden-has-massive-database-of-celebs-who-attend-knicks-games-and-gives-them-a-risk-score-report-mediaite/
  21. Mediaite: Madison Square Garden Has Massive Database of Celebs Who Attend Knicks Games and Gives Them a ‘Risk Score’: Report. “In 2023, New York Democrats threatened to strip MSG of its property tax exemption over the venue’s use of facial recognition technology; and earlier this year, it was revealed that Dolan’s company kept a database of biometric data and even tracked the movements of […]

    https://rbfirehose.com/2026/07/12/madison-square-garden-has-massive-database-of-celebs-who-attend-knicks-games-and-gives-them-a-risk-score-report-mediaite/
  22. TechSpot: Google is testing a webcam CAPTCHA that scans your hand, but it’s already been bypassed using a photo. “Google is working on a new kind of challenge to improve its reCAPTCHA system, using biometric identification to confirm that the user is indeed human. The new method is officially named ‘hand gesture verification’ (HGV), and, according to early testing, is mostly useless.”

    https://rbfirehose.com/2026/07/08/techspot-google-is-testing-a-webcam-captcha-that-scans-your-hand-but-its-already-been-bypassed-using-a-photo/
  23. TechSpot: Google is testing a webcam CAPTCHA that scans your hand, but it’s already been bypassed using a photo. “Google is working on a new kind of challenge to improve its reCAPTCHA system, using biometric identification to confirm that the user is indeed human. The new method is officially named ‘hand gesture verification’ (HGV), and, according to early testing, is mostly useless.”

    https://rbfirehose.com/2026/07/08/techspot-google-is-testing-a-webcam-captcha-that-scans-your-hand-but-its-already-been-bypassed-using-a-photo/
  24. Que loucura!
    (Atualizando: só agora notei o banner horrível de IA! Desculpem)

    Único acusa Serasa Experian de roubo de dados biométricos!

    Via @tiagojferreira

    investidoresbrasil.com.br/unic

    #segurança #Biometrics #biometria

  25. Que loucura!
    (Atualizando: só agora notei o banner horrível de IA! Desculpem)

    Único acusa Serasa Experian de roubo de dados biométricos!

    Via @tiagojferreira

    investidoresbrasil.com.br/unic

    #segurança #Biometrics #biometria

  26. Google is testing a webcam-based reCAPTCHA that maps 21 hand landmarks for human verification, though the limited trial was quickly bypassed. ✋📷
    Google says recordings are deleted after verification, while privacy questions remain and Private Access Control Tokens are proposed as an alternative. 🔐🌐

    🔗 tomshardware.com/tech-industry

    #TechNews #Google #reCAPTCHA #Privacy #Biometrics #CyberSecurity #WebSecurity #OpenWeb #Technology #Authentication #Browser #AI #DigitalRights #FOSS

  27. Google is testing a webcam-based reCAPTCHA that maps 21 hand landmarks for human verification, though the limited trial was quickly bypassed. ✋📷
    Google says recordings are deleted after verification, while privacy questions remain and Private Access Control Tokens are proposed as an alternative. 🔐🌐

    🔗 tomshardware.com/tech-industry

    #TechNews #Google #reCAPTCHA #Privacy #Biometrics #CyberSecurity #WebSecurity #OpenWeb #Technology #Authentication #Browser #AI #DigitalRights #FOSS

  28. The European Commission pushes to beat airport delays caused by the new biometric system.

    The Commission will launch new talks with EU member countries as part of efforts to ensure the bloc’s flagship new border checks system doesn’t cause major delays for holidaymakers throughout the summer.

    The new photo and fingerprint requirements are designed to stop criminals and visa overstayers — but they have left thousands stuck in line.

    mediafaro.org/article/20260705

    #EU #Border #Biometrics #Schengen