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

Starting this week, Google has begun asking users to take a video selfie to sign into their accounts, Search Engine Watch found.

To set it up, you record a short video of your face while moving your head to capture different angles.

A disclaimer on the setup page says that the video selfie will also determine if you’re “old enough to use certain Google services.”

Users can also opt-in to “improve Google services,” which will allow the company to use your video selfies to “improve our facial recognition, age estimation, and other verification methods that use your physical features or movement, across Google services.”

Moreover, in an age of increasingly convincing and accessible AI deepfake technology, it’s uncertain how robust facial recognition scans will be against attempts to spoof them.