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Passport Photos

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1538 points gaws | 1 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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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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1. 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.