Face scanning third parties for “identity verification” - how concerned should you be, and how to “get around”

I absolutely hate these services, but many applications are now using third party services to “verify” your identity against documents (passports, licenses)

How do you deal with this?

The main job search website in my country is pulling this crap. So if you don’t use this service you don’t get a “verified” badge and henceforth you get less views on your applications.

I feel super uncomfortable with these tools and other face scanning “conveniences” - apple face scan, password face …

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