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Re:A woman's battle to prove she isn't dead by kjaftaedi on Sunday July 04, 2021 @02:40AM (#27727709)
The idea that if I feel like it I can just go walk up to a court and claim to be a dead person and they just have to accept it if I get someone to vouch for me is silly.

Sure it's easy, I'll give you that. The identity thieves would have a heyday cleaning out estates and running up credit until someone made it difficult again to assume someone else's identity.

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Re:A woman's battle to prove she isn't dead by rootusrootus on Sunday July 04, 2021 @10:07AM (#27729718)
Please don't be disingenuous. I suggested we could do it the same way we do it now. It's a chain-of-trust issue, and not just anyone would be able to vouch for you.
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