Every webmaster needs to drop #reCAPTCHA *IMMEDIATELY*. reCATPCHA always kind of sucked, but this goes WAY too far.

And users should refuse to send ANY camera pictures. First they say it’s "only" the hand. Next it’s your face.

#Google is probably testing out the waters to see how far they can go.

“Google wants a look at your hands before it lets you through. The company’s newest reCAPTCHA check, rolling out now as a test, asks you to switch on your camera and wave at it so an algorithm can decide whether you’re a human or a bot.

That wave is less casual than it looks. The system records a short video of your hand and pulls 21 hand-landmark coordinates from it, mapping your finger joints, your palm geometry, and the way you move in real time.

Google describes the purpose as liveness detection, a way for websites to fend off automated account creation, credential-stuffing, and other fraud. But this is still a biometric scan, collected so you can prove you’re a person and still involves turning on your cameras for Google.”

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#Google #ReCAPTCHA #Biometrics #Privacy

Google's New reCAPTCHA Wants Your Camera Access and 21 Points of Your Hand

The same company that monetizes everything you do online would like to switch on your camera.

^{Ken Macon (Reclaim the Net)}