On Sun, 2007-03-25 at 17:39 -0500, Rajko M. wrote:
On Sunday 25 March 2007 10:25, Mike McMullin wrote:
It may well be easy to fake this form of document. In which case forcing one to present a hard to impossible to fake ID is better, IMO.
Something hard to impossible to copy, can turn as a problem.
Who can check with bare eye and little experience all the lines, seals, images and secret marks, as well as signs that someone tempered with real document? Only very few experts can do that. That is the point where "hard to impossible" to temper with becomes weak point in real life.
The image on the credit card serves only one purpose, to make card lesser attractive for many thieves.
Current Canadian Birth Certificates have built in anti-forgery images, such that they become invalid when laminated. Of course you're talking to someone who blacked out his signature line on his credit cards so that the transaction has to be challenged by a valid g'ment photo ID card. -- To unsubscribe, e-mail: opensuse+unsubscribe@opensuse.org For additional commands, e-mail: opensuse+help@opensuse.org