Google's selfie video sign-in puts your face on its servers
jethronethro · hn · 2026-10-20
Proton highlights privacy concerns with Google's new selfie-video identity verification: users must submit facial video to Google's servers, raising questions about how biometric data is stored, used, and protected once uploaded.
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