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Google Tests reCAPTCHA System Using Camera and Hand-Tracking Biometrics

Google reCAPTCHA Hand Gesture Verification Bypassed by Stock Photo

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Google reCAPTCHA Hand Gesture Verification Bypassed by Stock Photo Google is testing a reCAPTCHA system that asks users to turn on their webcam and perform a hand gesture, such as a wave or an open palm, while its machine learning model maps 21 coordinates of their hand to confirm a live human is present. The new Google reCAPTCHA hand gesture verification feature launched as a limited test in mid-June and has already drawn scrutiny: testers bypassed it using a still image of a waving person fed through virtual camera software, raising immediate questions about whether the security benefit justifies the expanded data collection it requires. Google says the footage is deleted the moment verification ends and is never linked to anyone's identity. That assurance currently rests on company policy rather than independent verification. What's confirmed so far The feature, called hand gesture verification, is part of Google's reCAPTCHA service and operates under the Google Cloud Fraud Defenc

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