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Arguably faking a government identification in any context is damaging to the credibility of that ID in any context. I still don't think it should be illegal, b
by A_COMPUTER 11y ago
Arguably faking a government identification in any context is damaging to the credibility of that ID in any context. I still don't think it should be illegal, but the argument can be made rationally.
- pluma 11y agoIt's not uniquely illegal (at least in Germany). It's illegal for the same reason forging any document (for fraudulent purposes -- i.e. in 99% of all cases) is illegal: it misrepresents an authoritative claim. It's not entirely unlike having a friend show up in a fake police uniform to vouch for you. There are edge cases like art or educational purposes, but using a fake ID to prove your identity to a third party is definitely fraudulent: you're saying "this authority attests that this is my identity" when the authority in question does nothing of the sort and the document claiming it does is forged.