Google Now Asking For Users' Video Selfies to Verify Their Identities

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Smile, peruser of the internet! Your facial features are being codified by algorithms.

Starting this week, Google has begun asking users to take a video selfie to sign into their accounts, Search Engine Watch found . The feature remains optional, but it represents an eerie step towards making facial recognition a standard way to navigate the web, which the search engine giant is now heavily promoting.

Google first announced the feature in July, framing it as an optional way of getting into your account if you’re locked out or don’t have access to your usual devices.