<story><title>Germany bans digital doppelganger passport photos</title><url>https://www.reuters.com/article/us-germany-tech-morphing/germany-bans-digital-doppelganger-passport-photos-idUSKBN23A1YM</url></story><parent_chain><item><author>ceejayoz</author><text>Surely manipulating the photo beyond tweaking exposure, white balance, etc. was &lt;i&gt;already&lt;/i&gt; banned?&lt;p&gt;It sounds like they&amp;#x27;re just taking steps to make it harder to do the already-banned thing. Hell, you can&amp;#x27;t even fix red-eye in the US:&lt;p&gt;&lt;a href=&quot;https:&amp;#x2F;&amp;#x2F;travel.state.gov&amp;#x2F;content&amp;#x2F;travel&amp;#x2F;en&amp;#x2F;passports&amp;#x2F;how-apply&amp;#x2F;photos.html&quot; rel=&quot;nofollow&quot;&gt;https:&amp;#x2F;&amp;#x2F;travel.state.gov&amp;#x2F;content&amp;#x2F;travel&amp;#x2F;en&amp;#x2F;passports&amp;#x2F;how-app...&lt;/a&gt;&lt;p&gt;&amp;gt; Can I remove red-eye from my photo? No, you can not digitally alter a photo to remove red eye. You will have to submit a new photo without red eye.</text></item></parent_chain><comment><author>kleiba</author><text>That&amp;#x27;s why they will now require you to have your photo taken either at a passport office or at a photographer&amp;#x27;s. Although the wording in the article is not quite precise on the latter part.</text></comment>
<story><title>Germany bans digital doppelganger passport photos</title><url>https://www.reuters.com/article/us-germany-tech-morphing/germany-bans-digital-doppelganger-passport-photos-idUSKBN23A1YM</url></story><parent_chain><item><author>ceejayoz</author><text>Surely manipulating the photo beyond tweaking exposure, white balance, etc. was &lt;i&gt;already&lt;/i&gt; banned?&lt;p&gt;It sounds like they&amp;#x27;re just taking steps to make it harder to do the already-banned thing. Hell, you can&amp;#x27;t even fix red-eye in the US:&lt;p&gt;&lt;a href=&quot;https:&amp;#x2F;&amp;#x2F;travel.state.gov&amp;#x2F;content&amp;#x2F;travel&amp;#x2F;en&amp;#x2F;passports&amp;#x2F;how-apply&amp;#x2F;photos.html&quot; rel=&quot;nofollow&quot;&gt;https:&amp;#x2F;&amp;#x2F;travel.state.gov&amp;#x2F;content&amp;#x2F;travel&amp;#x2F;en&amp;#x2F;passports&amp;#x2F;how-app...&lt;/a&gt;&lt;p&gt;&amp;gt; Can I remove red-eye from my photo? No, you can not digitally alter a photo to remove red eye. You will have to submit a new photo without red eye.</text></item></parent_chain><comment><author>the_mitsuhiko</author><text>Currently you can bring your own picture which makes it possible to do certain modifications beforehand.</text></comment>