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

• Ilovethebomb@sh.itjust.works ⁨2⁩ ⁨months⁩ ago

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

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  • OhNoMoreLemmy@lemmy.ml ⁨2⁩ ⁨months⁩ 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 ⁨months⁩ ago

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

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    • Capricorn_Geriatric@lemmy.world ⁨2⁩ ⁨months⁩ ago

      Especially a UK one.

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    • Ilovethebomb@sh.itjust.works ⁨2⁩ ⁨months⁩ ago

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

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  • Grimtuck@lemmy.world ⁨2⁩ ⁨months⁩ 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 ⁨2⁩ ⁨months⁩ 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 ⁨2⁩ ⁨months⁩ ago

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

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