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A "digital identity" should be easy enough, using the steps mentioned or by other means. I have sometimes thought it would be (more) interesting doing this wit
by tacostakohashi 6y ago
A "digital identity" should be easy enough, using the steps mentioned or by other means.
I have sometimes thought it would be (more) interesting doing this with a real identity. I suspect it wouldn't actually be that hard to find an identity / birth certificate for someone from an obscure county, perhaps with poor / lost records and try to build up a paper trail from there, as much as a sport as anything else.
I have a suspicion that it would be fairly doable to get quite far with it, but of course one slip-up and you could end up in prison.
- ghaff 6y agoRemaining anonymous in the physical world is much tougher--although, again, it depends on your threat model. I think you'd almost have to have a fake ID which you wouldn't want to use in circumstances where it might actually be checked against databases, such as driving.
- tacostakohashi 6y agoThe goal wouldn't be anonymity, rather to have a real, valid (state-issued) driver's license with a different name on it to use when convenient.
- ghaff 6y ago>an identity / birth certificate for someone from an obscure county That would not get you a driver's license in the US. You're also required (probably in all states--certainly to get a REAL ID-compliant card), you need proof of citizenship or lawful presence.
- tacostakohashi 6y agoBirth certificate in an obscure county is proof of citizenship - perhaps you misread that as "country".
- ska 6y ago> but of course one slip-up and you could end up in prison. Felonies are funny that way.
- vsareto 6y agoCan you get SIMs issued to companies and use them for company phones and have your alter egos be on the record as consultants and use those phones?
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