ANN:
I AM in the process of gaining access to some of my financial resources. The following passport-selfie has been sent to Poloniex, to (hopefully) unlock my ~BTC1k of value there:
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Good practices command to taint these sort of verification pictures by superimposing in various places, things like "For poloniex verification only" and the current date, so that if somebody gets their hands on this, they cannot try to stole your identity for whatever.
Especially relevant when you post it yourself over the internet.