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Re:Socially Engineering Myself into High Security Facilities by 0xcde4c3db on Saturday October 21, 2017 @12:04AM (#15520589)
I recall Bruce Schneier writing [1] about a friend of his who had a custom ID card made identifying himself as an ambassador from Mars. It supposedly works way more often than it should.

[1] I don't have the citation and search engines aren't helping. I suspect it was in Beyond Fear.

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Re:Socially Engineering Myself into High Security Facilities by 6nf on Saturday October 21, 2017 @03:08AM (#15521003)
Woz had a Department of Defiance ID that he used to get into all kinds of places. Apparently it's not illegal because it doesn't actually say 'Department of Defense' so it's not a counterfeit ID card.
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Re:Socially Engineering Myself into High Security Facilities by rmc on Sunday October 22, 2017 @04:12AM (#15525714)
IANAL, but I think the legal definition of fraud would make that illegal. You're getting something by deception, since you know the person thinks it says Department of Defence.
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