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Re:A woman's battle to prove she isn't dead by js2 on Saturday July 03, 2021 @08:35PM (#27726294)
> If your existence is an edge case no lawyer can help you

This happens occasionally in the U.S. Two recent cases:

- Alecia Faith Pennington: https://www.wnycstudios.org/podcasts/radiolab/articles/invis...

- Jamie Lanosga: https://gazette.com/news/born-in-the-usa-without-a-shred-of-...

It is a major hassle to establish your legal identity as an adult. It seems to take a politician intervening.

Re:A woman's battle to prove she isn't dead by hermitdev on Sunday July 04, 2021 @01:53AM (#27727529)
I wonder, would it be any different if the government had biometrics for your identity on hand from a period where you were deemed alive? For instance, I've fingerprints on file with the SEC due to prior work in finance. I'm pretty sure government jobs requiring a security clearance would have similar. Or having an arrest record?