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Re:The cruel Catch-22 of being poor with no ID by koolba on Friday June 16, 2017 @07:37PM (#14573342)
Probably to avoid identity theft.
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Re:The cruel Catch-22 of being poor with no ID by maxerickson on Friday June 16, 2017 @07:39PM (#14573364)
That is a reason for making the process rigorous.

It isn't a reason that it should be byzantine or difficult.

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Re:The cruel Catch-22 of being poor with no ID by yellowapple on Saturday June 17, 2017 @02:35AM (#14574602)
Unfortunately, "rigorous" and "byzantine" tend to go hand-in-hand.
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Re:The cruel Catch-22 of being poor with no ID by maxerickson on Saturday June 17, 2017 @10:14AM (#14575973)
How do you figure that?
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Re:The cruel Catch-22 of being poor with no ID by justin66 on Friday June 16, 2017 @08:43PM (#14573634)
Identity theft as we know it is a relatively new crime, but these broken ID systems have existed rather longer.
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