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Re:Banks Hit with Millions in Fines for Using Signal and Wha... by darkhorn on Tuesday August 08, 2023 @06:15PM (#37056188)
In Turkey when police stops you on a street they take photo of your ID card and then send those images through Whatsapp to a police station. And then you wait for an answer. Happens very often.
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Re:Banks Hit with Millions in Fines for Using Signal and Wha... by siruncledrew on Thursday August 10, 2023 @03:17AM (#37073010)
Is there not a way to query a database with the ID from a phone?

Why the extra steps?

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Re:Banks Hit with Millions in Fines for Using Signal and Wha... by darkhorn on Thursday August 10, 2023 @10:02AM (#37076287)
I am not aware of such thing. May be they didn't want every police to query the database.

But it appears that there is a face recognition app https://youtu.be/l8R6ZwSTLzU?t=105 the guy who is using the app in the video was the interior minister.

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