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Old Aug 18, 2015 | 4:24 pm
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Originally Posted by ChangingNappies
Two US paranoias (drinking age and TSA) go hand in hand here. US fake ID market was always striving and fueled by young adults wanting a beer...
Fraudulent ID use has three main drivers: age-based regulation of consumption of alcohol and tobacco products (as the days of porn being a driver of fake ID use is history in the Internet age); restrictions on employment and financial institution participation placed upon people by the employer and/or the government (if even different); and fraudulent expense/income generation. TSA has added to the fraudulent ID use demand, but it's a drop in the bucket compared to that covered in my prior sentence.
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