A passport has waaaay more personal info than a driver’s liscense. That’s been part of the move to chipped passports, they can now have basically any biometric data.
Personally I don’t see an issue with height, weight, eye color, etc. None of that is exactly a secret, a fairly unobtrusive way to narrow down identification. The only thing I think is iffy is address but that’s often out of date anyway. I’ve also only ever heard of that used to mail lost wallets.
I had to go back to my car for my wallet at Costco recently because I’d lost so much weight since the membership photo was taken in April, they didn’t believe it was me. (60 pounds down!)
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A passport has waaaay more personal info than a driver’s liscense. That’s been part of the move to chipped passports, they can now have basically any biometric data.
Personally I don’t see an issue with height, weight, eye color, etc. None of that is exactly a secret, a fairly unobtrusive way to narrow down identification. The only thing I think is iffy is address but that’s often out of date anyway. I’ve also only ever heard of that used to mail lost wallets.
Weight’s kinda stupid seeing as it can vary so easily
I had to go back to my car for my wallet at Costco recently because I’d lost so much weight since the membership photo was taken in April, they didn’t believe it was me. (60 pounds down!)
My point is, it’s more information than is required.
In the interests of privacy we should be required to provide only the minimum necessary detail.