Comment on UK cyber vigilantes generating mock IDs of local MPs to protest Online Safety Act

Ilovethebomb@sh.itjust.works ⁨2⁩ ⁨days⁩ ago

• zonnewin@feddit.nl ⁨2⁩ ⁨days⁩ ago

  Of course it’s not legal. This is called identity theft.

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  • Ilovethebomb@sh.itjust.works ⁨2⁩ ⁨days⁩ ago

    Using the ID, sure. But what about providing the service?

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    • OhNoMoreLemmy@lemmy.ml ⁨2⁩ ⁨days⁩ ago

      Depends.

      You can argue that it’s basically art/political speech. You’ve done it to draw attention to flaws in the approach and to highlight how ineffectual the current system is, and that if you actually wanted to do make fake IDs you’d take a much less high-profile approach. As such, there’s no actual criminal intent required.

      Don’t know if a judge would buy it though.

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      • FartMaster69@lemmy.dbzer0.com ⁨2⁩ ⁨days⁩ ago

        Civil disobedience is done with full knowledge you are breaking the law.

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      • Capricorn_Geriatric@lemmy.world ⁨2⁩ ⁨days⁩ ago

        Especially a UK one.

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      • Ilovethebomb@sh.itjust.works ⁨2⁩ ⁨days⁩ ago

        Yeah, I think the creator of this is playing with fire personally.

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    • Grimtuck@lemmy.world ⁨2⁩ ⁨days⁩ ago

      I think it would fall under forgery which is definitely illegal and doesn’t require you to use the ID.

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  • CheeseNoodle@lemmy.world ⁨1⁩ ⁨day⁩ ago

    Given that many online services currently asking for ID have a proven track record of massive data leaks I’d argue that demanding people upload photos of their ID is complicity in identity theft too.

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    • zonnewin@feddit.nl ⁨1⁩ ⁨day⁩ ago

      That would be a bit harder to make stick, but I would agree.

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• ohulancutash@feddit.uk ⁨2⁩ ⁨days⁩ ago

  It’s identity fraud, and also an offence under the Misuse of Computers Act, gaining access to a system unauthorisedly.

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