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		Jolter on Feb 4, 2025 \| parent \| context \| favorite \| on: He went to jail for stealing someone's identity, b... The logic here is pretty thin: “criminals are already able to do it, so we should make it simpler”.

AnthonyMouse on Feb 4, 2025 [–]

What you're doing is removing the incentive for criminals to cause damage to innocent people by assuming another real person's identity instead of just creating a new one.

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