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I'm a bit disappointed in this article. Interviewing someone who bought fake IDs and a small scale seller from 1994 isn't that insightful. He should have tracke
by driverdan 10y ago
I'm a bit disappointed in this article. Interviewing someone who bought fake IDs and a small scale seller from 1994 isn't that insightful. He should have tracked down a current seller and interviewed them.
Prices have dropped in the past 10 years which I assume means increased competition. It would be interesting to hear how that has affected the business. I'm also curious about the techniques they use. When I was selling IDs 13 years ago it was teslin, PVC card printers, and Alps printers. I assume the Alps printers are no longer used since they went out of production in 2003 or 2004.
A lot of IDs are still fairly easy to replicate. The hardest thing is a real hologram which most IDs don't have.
- Arcten 10y agoTeslin and PVC are still big, although some states are using polycarbonate as well. Real holograms got a lot easier. IDGod (among other vendors), apart from selling IDs, also sells bulk holograms, so most vendors on Reddit now have them. The bigger hurdles are the higher security states with perforations, raised signatures, windows, etc.
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- mdp 10y agoHah, I also had the Alps for the same reason. I always wondered what percentage of their sales was to kids making fake IDs.