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The fact that most people will love this is depressing.

by andunie

I would love to know how they are going to handle deepfakes.

Also, doesn't this give law enforcement an easier avenue to compel access to someone's accounts?

by iosjunkie

Meanwhile google has been locking out and closing the gmail accounts of people, myself included, that signed up before a phone number was required. If you don't log into your account for ~a year or so they will lock it and demand you log in. Which you can do, and you can even input the 2FA code, but it still won't let you log in because it says "there's not enough information to prove this is your account" despite having all the information ever associated with it. The only way to prevent deletion is to add a completely new, never before there phone number. I couldn't do that so they deleted mine saying I never logged in despite logging in literally dozens of times.

by superkuh

I'm waiting for the new killer feature where "Sign In With Google" popup overlay dialogs go away forever and never come back.

by pudgywalsh

>If you've violated a Google policy, we may save your selfie video for a longer period of time to enforce our policies.

by Cider9986

  Your Google Account holds a lot of valuable information, from cherished photos to important emails and documents.
Stuff like this is why I and many other people are going out of our way to make this no longer the case.

by trollbridge

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  • Hacker News
  • The fact that most people will love this is depressing.
    by andunie
  • If there were a Doomsday Clock for how close we are to "please drink verification can" (https://files.catbox.moe/eqg0b2.png), scientists would now move it to 3 minutes to midnight.
    by xnx
  • I would love to know how they are going to handle deepfakes.

    Also, doesn't this give law enforcement an easier avenue to compel access to someone's accounts?

    by iosjunkie
  • Meanwhile google has been locking out and closing the gmail accounts of people, myself included, that signed up before a phone number was required. If you don't log into your account for ~a year or so they will lock it and demand you log in. Which you can do, and you can even input the 2FA code, but it still won't let you log in because it says "there's not enough information to prove this is your account" despite having all the information ever associated with it. The only way to prevent deletion is to add a completely new, never before there phone number. I couldn't do that so they deleted mine saying I never logged in despite logging in literally dozens of times.
    by superkuh
  • I'm waiting for the new killer feature where "Sign In With Google" popup overlay dialogs go away forever and never come back.
    by pudgywalsh
  • https://nevergivethemyourface.com/
    by pzxc
  • >If you've violated a Google policy, we may save your selfie video for a longer period of time to enforce our policies.
    by Cider9986

  •   Your Google Account holds a lot of valuable information, from cherished photos to important emails and documents.
    Stuff like this is why I and many other people are going out of our way to make this no longer the case.
    by trollbridge