I'm building a social network for humans[1]. I plan to make each user a verified human and disallow AI content as standard. I will also ensure that each human can only have one account, to eliminate the ability of state actors/rich people spreading online propaganda.
I can't explain why, but that makes me extremely uneasy. I won't even give Telegram my phone number. I can only imagine the things a nefarious actor could do with a copy of my passport.
Your passport won't be stored anywhere. It will be verified, then some details like passport number will be encrypted and stored to ensure uniqueness but that's it.
Sure, that may make you uneasy as well, but I hope being transparent about what gets stored and how will ease that uneasiness.
1 - https://onlyhumanhub.com