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Originally Posted by GeoffC
Previous ID card/registration card/birth certificate can be forged .... or misappropriated ....
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Of course. I know of at least one case where a youth (no kidding) forged an ID card to get a new one. Afterwards he forged a birth certificate to get a completely new registration. Quite astonishing quality of work
Still not easy for the "normal user".
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Short of taking DNA samples at birth - there is NO way anyone can prove who they are.....
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And even then DNA samples are not perfect, I know.
Still its harder to forge an ID - not impossible (and there will never be a perfectly secure version, because you could always change the DNA-database) but harder. And, for most people, simply too hard or too much energy.
And even with a central database - who assures that this database cannot be hacked? Or forged entries placed into it? Or ID-card readers get hacked?
There is no 100% security in life.
-edit: Regarding credit and debit cards we talked about liability .. Well, if I checked your identity with an "official ID card" I am free to believe that you are, who your ID card states you are. Legally this removes quite a lot of liability from me - so I am happy for those ID cards