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How to share your passport or ID without giving your identity away.
A hotel wants “a copy of your passport.” A landlord asks you to WhatsApp your ID. A visa form needs a scan. Handing over a full, unedited photo of your document is one of the quickest ways to leak your identity — and once it is sitting in someone’s inbox or camera roll, you cannot get it back.
These guides explain how to show a business what it actually needs to see while hiding the parts that let someone impersonate you: the document number, the machine-readable zone, your date of birth and your signature. No jargon and no scare tactics — just what to cover, why it matters, and how to do it in about a minute on your phone.
How to send a copy of your passport safely
The safe way to send a passport copy: redact the passport number, machine-readable zone, date of birth and signature, add a watermark, and never send the original photo.
Read the guide →How to redact a passport or ID card (and what to hide)
A step-by-step guide to redacting a passport or ID card: hide the document number, machine-readable zone, date of birth and signature, keep only what's needed, and add a …
Read the guide →Is it safe to give a hotel a copy of your passport?
Hotels can be legally required to register guests, but you can give them a redacted copy. Here's what's normal, what isn't, and how to share a safe copy of your passport.
Read the guide →Is it safe to send your ID over WhatsApp or email?
WhatsApp and email aren't built to protect your ID. Here's what happens to the image, the real risks, and how to share a redacted copy of your passport or DNI instead.
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