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Optical Character Recognition

The extraction of text fields from IDs using optical character recognition and comparison to machine-readable zones or 2D barcodes.

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Jan 18, 2026
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How do modern ID scanners and database checks detect forged or altered cards?

Modern ID scanners combine multi-spectral imaging, data extraction and cryptographic checks with database cross-referencing to spot physical forgeries, altered data and electronically cloned documents...

Jan 14, 2026

How do third‑party aggregators like EpsteinSecrets verify and de‑duplicate names from the DOJ's Epstein file dumps?

Third‑party aggregators harvest the Justice Department’s Epstein document dumps, then apply a mix of automated parsing and human review to extract, cross‑check and collapse duplicate name mentions—but...