> Can anyone confirm this? The picture looks hideous.
>
>
> http://www.emergentchaos.com/archives/2008/06/uk_passport_photos.html
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> http://www.flickr.com/photos/alancleaver/2575823744/
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> "2008 and UK passport photos now have the left eye 'removed' to be
> stored on a biometric database by the government. It's a photo that
> seems to say more to me about invasion of human rights and privacy
> than any political speech ever could."
Why would anyone physically cut out an eye from a photograph? Scanning will
just have it permanently in the digital format!
Seems like UK passports are becoming biometric:
http://www.ips.gov.uk/passport/about-biometric.asp
Surabhi
