Re: Potential Summary: Keysigning in times of COVID-19

[Pirate Praveen <praveen@onenetbeyond.org>]

On Thu, Aug 13, 2020 at 17:57, Adam Borowski <kilobyte@angband.pl> 
wrote:
> I don't get where people get the feeling that producing a passport 
> would
> require a TLA/nation state/organized crime/etc.  You can get one for
> peanuts.
>
> I've been offered one once, and I inquired about the details -- for 
> just
> ~$25 (100PLN) the guy claimed it's done on original booklet, etc.  
> That's
> stuff for fooling actual government officials.  No need to sacrifice 
> that
> whole $25 to get a fake for Debian purposes, though -- no one among 
> us can
> tell apart one booklet/card with a badly-made photo from another.
>
> Waving a passport or similar id offers laughable security.

I think the point about fake idenity documents is, it being a criminal 
activity and make one liable for prosecution. So it is not just about 
immediate cost of getting a fake id, but the is high risk if you are 
caught. Not all frauds get caught, but some do get caught and it 
probably serves as a deterrant or it sufficiently sets the bar very 
high (I think 3 letter agencies can still take the risk).