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Re:Americans will soon be able to renew passports online by ctxc on Friday August 26, 2022 @12:38PM (#32609661)
I shudder thinking of how it would be if passport issuance was handed over to the highest private bidder.

Intuit already disgusts me with the tax shenanigans, can't imagine passports...

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Re:Americans will soon be able to renew passports online by pjc50 on Friday August 26, 2022 @12:42PM (#32609720)
I wondered about this and found the awesome https://discover.passportindex.org/security/who-prints-your-... - the US seems to be unusual in not contracting it out to De La Rue (who also do banknotes) or Gemalto (subsidiary of Thales).
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