Image "Cloaking" for Personal Privacy

Posted Jul 24, 2020 3:44 UTC (Fri) by gdt (subscriber, #6284)
In reply to: Image "Cloaking" for Personal Privacy by sjj
Parent article: Image "Cloaking" for Personal Privacy

Typically when you supply a digital photo for use on your passport you state that the image is a "true likeness". Whereas the image has in fact been altered. Obviously the detail varies by jurisdiction but a "false declaration on the passport application" would be the approach.

Image "Cloaking" for Personal Privacy

Posted Jul 24, 2020 9:56 UTC (Fri) by nilsmeyer (guest, #122604) [Link]

I remember people using microwaves to fry the RFID in their passports or ID cards. I don't necessarily mean by "trouble" that you'll be convicted of a criminal offence, but you may be severely inconvenienced, perhaps even arrested or detained.

We already know this happens to people based on other criteria. It also happens a lot where facial recognition is used, especially if you have a darker skin tone where facial recognition causes a lot more false positives.