I imagine it depends on how this identity is to be used, and what sorts of scrutiny it must hold up to, so detailed information on the topic would be much appreciated.
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#2There used to be, a few years ago, an onion site relating exactly to this topic, they had a wiki-style setup with everything you would need to get this operation done and even where to obtain the resources needed for it.
OR so I heard..
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#3Let me be the first to welcome those fine representatives of three letter agencies to this discussion. I hope you enjoy your stay and enjoy watching the process of having turned almost a whole industry against you.
Thanks to your "freedom enhancement techniques" even (most likely) innocent citizens are by now considering using methods previously reserved for high level criminals.
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#4With the new technology (fingerprints, retina scans), it's very hard to pull that off I think.
Even spies today have problems with that; it's not enough to just put on fake moustache when you are easily identified by your fingerprints.
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#6I'm curious as to why you would ask such a question. It reminds me of this book that I haven't read but might answer some of your interrogations : http://kk.org/cooltools/archives/11678
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#7According to an interview with the CEO of Atlantis, a competitor to Silk Road, they have many vendors who sell fake identity documents.
http://www.reddit.com/r/IAmA/comments/1fwi48/im_the_ceo_of_a...
Re: Ask HN: How does one create a fake identity?
#8I'm curious as to why you would ask such a question. It reminds me of this book that I haven't read but might answer some of your interrogations : http://kk.org/cooltools/archives/11678
Yeah, I am, too.
A friend of mine works for Child Protective Services and gets exposed to some very volatile and unstable people. He gets threats from cases he's assigned, but thankfully nothing too serious or pervasive. Now that he's got a kid on the way, he's a bit more concerned. The only thought I had was to create an alias, but I'm really not sure how someone would go about doing that.
That book might be a great start for him, but if anyone has recommendations, I'm ears.
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#9You used to look through a graveyard to find a dead child born a similar year as you.
You then got their birth certificate. Birth Certs say "MUST NOT BE USED AS IDENTIFICATION", but it's part of the paper bundle that builds credibility.
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#10steal someone elses