The shoe box that arrived in the mail from China contained a cheap pair of shoes.
“We thought the Chinese guy had ripped us off,” said the 19-year-old who shared shots with Eney the night he died.
Until then, the transaction had gone smoothly. She made first contact through an e-mail address supplied by the acquaintance. A prompt e-mail reply laid out the deal.
“It was $300 if you just wanted one” license, she said. “It was $200 [each] for two and $75 [each] if you wanted more than 20.”...
“You can pick from a list of about 10 states,” she said. “I heard that the Pennsylvania license was the best one.”
The shoe box with postmarks from China arrived in a matter of days. After initial consternation, she flipped over one of the shoes and ripped open the sole. Out tumbled 22 brand-new, visually perfect driver’s licenses.
and some analysis by Randall Parker at FuturePundit
But since the capabilities of the fakers and deceivers keep growing and the amount of identify faking and theft grow as well an escalating response by the verifiers (e.g. bar bouncers, bank tellers, police) is a foregone conclusion.via Instapundit.com
Those with an anti- biometrics technology point of view often portray the ID management industry as motivated by a desire for more control over ordinary people without acknowledging that biometric applications are frequently a response to the unforeseen impact of technological advancement and globalization.
Technologies, such as sophisticated printing systems, that were once expensive are now cheap and it is possible to trade with nearly anyone anywhere with an internet connection and a bank account. The overall impact of these changes has been a reduction of global poverty on a scale that the world has never seen, but it hasn't been all sunshine and rainbows.
