[dgxyz]

Not really. It doesn't just take a single photo of your face. It takes a scan of it i.e. multiple shots. That requires something a little more complicated than a PHP app from the 90s.

Yes it's aggressive but you'll have fewer problems on the app so why the hell wouldn't they push you through it?

[troupo]

> It doesn't just take a single photo of your face. It takes a scan of it i.e. multiple shots.

I never knew you can only upload one photo to a website ever. Or that you can only process one photo at a time on the server.

> Yes it's aggressive but you'll have fewer problems on the app so why the hell wouldn't they push you through it

Because gov.uk's own team has multiple talks and articles on how not everyone has access to latest and greatest tech, accesses government services through weird devices etc.

[dgxyz]

Uploading files and photos through a web app, particularly when your primary device is a mobile one, is a fucking mess. Simple.

[jacquesm]

The better to make deepfakes of you when they inevitably get hacked. But hey, who could have seen that coming?