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In Germany there is a discussion about only allowing approved photographers for passport photos and them sending the pictures directly to the authorities. They
by weinzierl 1y ago
In Germany there is a discussion about only allowing approved photographers for passport photos and them sending the pictures directly to the authorities.
They are also very picky about the images here. When I got a new passport recently they investigated my images thoroughly with a magnifying glass and almost rejected them because of a few white pixels you could not see with the naked eye. Only when they saw that the pixels were different between multiple copies they conclude that it was probably a printer issue and found one copy that had almost none which they accepted.
I think authorities are well aware of the risk mentioned in the article here.
- thesimon 1y ago> In Germany there is a discussion The discussion concluded with it being codified into law. How it's gonna work apparently is that the image will be stored E2E-encrypted in the cloud and at the photographer you'll get a barcode that contains the URL to the image and the key to decrypt it. To upload the image into the cloud, the photographer will need to use a secure ID card to sign in. https://www.bsi.bund.de/SharedDocs/Downloads/DE/BSI/Publikationen/TechnischeRichtlinien/TR03170/BSI_TR_03170_Rahmendokument.pdf?__blob=publicationFile&v=7 https://www.bsi.bund.de/SharedDocs/Downloads/DE/BSI/Publikat... Was kinda interested in building software for this, but it feels like you need to pay a lot of people for fancy audits.
- docdeek 1y agoFrance has already got something similar: the e-photo. https://refugies.info/en/procedure/63528e00976acb4f7bcd37ad https://refugies.info/en/procedure/63528e00976acb4f7bcd37ad
- WelcomeShorty 1y agoIn Switzerland we're one step ahead: ID photos get taken at the counter where they're issued. You get 2, 3 takes and pick the best. Efficient and secure.