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Passport Photos

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1538 points gaws | 3 comments | 06 Nov 24 21:23 UTC | HN request time: 0s | source
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vallode ◴[06 Nov 24 21:56 UTC] No.42070100[source]▶
Oh! Something I took a part in on HN. That's a first. Almost everything there was practical. Highly recommend checking out all of Max's work, beaming with creativity.
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edm0nd ◴[06 Nov 24 23:23 UTC] No.42071137[source]▶
So its not mentioned on the post but is this your actual passport photo that was accepted and used and you have it on your physical passport right now?
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vallode ◴[07 Nov 24 05:40 UTC] No.42073756[source]▶
I'm not sure anyone tried to actually use it as a passport photo. Would have been a great touch though.
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latexr ◴[07 Nov 24 11:41 UTC] No.42075799[source]▶
Would that even work? Are you not in Europe, where passport photos are taken on location?
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willyt ◴[07 Nov 24 15:52 UTC] No.42077719[source]▶
In Britain you just upload a digital photo so it would work here.
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1. nuancebydefault ◴[07 Nov 24 19:10 UTC] No.42079806[source]▶
How odd, there's no verification if it is your photo
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2. taejo ◴[07 Nov 24 20:51 UTC] No.42080856[source]▶
Don't know about Britain but the US also allows passport renewals by mail, so they can't check the photo against your face but they presumably can check it against your previous passport photo.
3. pbhjpbhj ◴[07 Nov 24 23:20 UTC] No.42082242[source]▶
There is now, there's a system where you use a webcam to do a live facial-recognition check to verify your identity - with a for profit business (because that's what Tories do, make ordinary parts of government into a way to pay out private profits).

That only confirms the person sitting at the computer is the person in the uploaded photo though.

When you first get a passport you have to have your identity confirmed by a professional person with community standing, teacher, policeman, doctor, someone like that.

They do background checks, it seems quite rigorous.

Once you have a passport/driving license they allow you to reuse a recently verified picture in your application to get the other document.