Would You Send a Photo/Scan of Your Passport Over E-mail?

radderfire · 15 Apr 2024 at 17:59

I think no, because it's not going to be end-to-end encrypted, making you vulnerable to identity theft. I would be sending from Outlook online, but even though that might be encrypted(?), the recipient e-mail may not be. So, I think it's not good practice to e-mail a copy of your passport.

So, is there an easy secure way to send a photo of yr passport over the internet? Or would you just refuse and get a paper copy to them?

Thanks

MissChief · 15 Apr 2024 at 18:02

Definitely not.

reddeathdrinker · 18 Apr 2024 at 20:37

Send them the photo as an encrypted .rar, and send the password over separately?

radderfire · 18 Apr 2024 at 21:08

Thanks I decided not to send it over e-mail.

LizardKing · 20 Apr 2024 at 22:54

It's pretty easy to see if a recipients email server is using dkim, and these days most should be otherwise google etc have a habit of marking their emails as spam.
Else share it via onedrive. Create a docx with the image and pwd protect it if you want that extra layer. - no one is going to go to the efforts required to brute force a docx
Sending a rar file is just going to be met with confusion by 99% of recipients.