To access a website, you now need to open your camera and wave 👋
Yes, Google is testing a new reCAPTCHA that asks you to make hand gestures at your camera instead of clicking traffic lights.
Your browser requests camera access, records a short video of your hand movement, and sends it to Google to verify you're human.
Of course, Google says they don't retain any data. But this is also the company whose entire business model runs on knowing everything about you, so. 🤷
And don't worry, the normal reCAPTCHA methods are still there, for now...
After quietly dropping Persona following a breach, Discord partners with Incode to process your data during verification 🫥
Discord says Incode processes your biometric data on-device without storing it server-side. But that's exactly what they said about Persona until researchers found nearly 2,500 files sitting exposed on a government-connected server in February.
And this is the same platform that had 70,000 government ID photos exposed in a data breach just last October.
Their CTO says this is legally required in countries like the UK and that more vendor options are coming. That's fair. But a platform asking for your face and your ID, with that track record?
Would you still trust it?
There is not that long until the House votes on complete censorship. You have time now PLEASE PLEASE contact your representatives to prevent this. Make you voices heard