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The same deep legal trouble applies to individuals sending manipulated photos, though. And if you are a criminal who wants to obtain a fake passport, it's prob
by jdiez17 6y ago
The same deep legal trouble applies to individuals sending manipulated photos, though.
And if you are a criminal who wants to obtain a fake passport, it's probably not out of your reach to use social engineering to convince your photographer to plug a USB stick with malware into their computer.
It does raise the bar of difficulty slightly, but it also gives criminals plausible deniability.
- hef19898 6y agoI once needed a new ID card as I lost my old one and the passport wasn't valid anymore. I also moved to a new city just before. In order to get a new ID card, usually you hand in your old one, all I needed was a copy of my birth certificate and the registration in tje new city. The latter was easy, as in Germany registration and passports / IDs are done by the same office. The latter one was 10 Euro in stamps, 3 days later I had the copy in my postbox. Out of experience, your name on the box is enough. So, theoretically you could get a new ID, with your picture and prints, but a different name, by ordering a birth certificate and have it mailed to you. No idea what kind of checks where built in in the background, but I hadn't the impression there were a lot. Germany, like 8 years ago. Wouldn't work on scale, so. And way to risky for a one-off.
- azepoi 6y agobut individuals can do this alone without getting caught. But the progessional has to be involved with clients. If the professional is known to provide this service, the troubles for him follow. There is also the mystery consumer possibility. It's far far easier to catch.