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@maikel@vmst.io ​I think I'm trying to solve the same issue? If José and José are both in your contacts, and neither have assigned a picture or surname, at the moment you're a bit stuffed telling who is who. But your contact list knows they're different, so there must be some unique identifier under the hood.

I was wondering if in the absence of a user chosen picture you could generate an image from that unique identifier to allow you to see which José is which.

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[@maikel@vmst.io](https://vmst.io/users/maikel) ​I _think_ I\'m trying to solve the same issue? If José and José are both in your contacts, and neither have assigned a picture or surname, at the moment you\'re a bit stuffed telling who is who. But your contact list knows they\'re different, so there must be some unique identifier under the hood.

I was wondering if in the absence of a user chosen picture you could generate an image from that unique identifier to allow you to see which José is which.

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