Re: I wish I could
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it makes sense to me that the fewer types of ID available, the less likely there are to be fakes. agree or disagree?
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I see no reason to draw that conclusion.
If there's only one type, forgers only have to develop one good fake. Once they've figured out how to make them good enough, they've broken everything.
In a system with lots of different IDs, creating a passable fake doesn't break everything, as there are already other ID systems in place; those who depend only on the broken system can quickly switch to any of the other non-broken ones while the broken system is revamped.
Monolithic systems are more brittle - one break makes everything fail.
Further, in a free market, the more reliable, harder-to-fake documents will have an advantage over easier-to-fake documents. Competition drives better authentication systems.
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