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Then don't use Google products either (or don't use for photography). Seems obvious.

"Dumb" phones and "dumb" cameras still exist.

That is not practical for many people who wish to be a part of society anymore. See: rollout of virtual vaccine passports, etc.

Virtual vaccine passports will be forgotten long before they affect even a small fraction of people on this planet.

You can get a physical one by printing out a QR code, afaik.