On Tuesday 31 May 2005 14:11, Andrew Suffield wrote: > On Tue, May 31, 2005 at 09:03:12AM -0600, Wesley J. Landaker wrote: > > I wrote this up to someone. I thought I'd share it, and get your > > thoughts. (e.g. anybody see any weaknesses in #1-#3 that *aren't* > > present in the typical meet, check ID, get GPG fingerprint, assuming #4 > > is always used afterwards?) > > Falsifying a government-issued ID is a criminal offence, regardless of > how often it happens (using it to buy alcohol is not important; they > simply raise the minimum age to compensate, so there's no need to > enforce it there). Falsifying a random photograph is not illegal at > all, and there is no reason why somebody wouldn't do it. Nothing here > has verified their identity with any strength to speak of. A person > who wants to generate an identity can do so with minimal effort and no > repercussions - so why wouldn't they? Right, but they have to get it notarized (or forge a notary's seal, which is a criminal offense, at least in the US) which requires government ID (again, at least in the US). Regardless, how is this different from meeting someone in person? They can just show me their fake ID--I won't know it's fake. (And, as you said, forged ID happens a lot and is easily available. =) -- Wesley J. Landaker <wjl@icecavern.net> OpenPGP FP: 4135 2A3B 4726 ACC5 9094 0097 F0A9 8A4C 4CD6 E3D2
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