Originally published at: 86-year-old man stole his brother's identity in 1965. Facial recognition software turned him in. | Boing Boing
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My grandfather stole his dead older brother’s identity, but only because he was too young to join the war after Pearl Harbor and the Navy found out after about a year, I think. He then joined the army when he was old enough and was part of the occupation of Europe…
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My grandfather stole his dead brother’s identity (at his parents request) so he could go work in the mills before he was legal. By the time I knew him, he had forgotten his actual birthdate. Depression era.
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He was unable to convince them that he was twins and that his mother simply had a very difficult and protracted labor?
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“Doug was born in February 1929 and Dinsdale two weeks later; and again a week after that.”
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He’s been doing this for a very long time. Pity he got caught again at the age of 86. Might have caught him sooner if he were black or pregnant
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Even if they’re using quantum AI on the blockchain (the most advanced tech there is), it still took them decades to find their own ass with both hands and a flashlight. So the net result is we probably don’t need to worry too much.
Popular fantasies tend to mirror what people lack the most. Peasants dream of golden geese and cornucopias; repressed Victorians picture sensual gardens of Eden; and modern technocrats wish for machines that know what the fuck they’re doing.
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Crap that doesn’t work will still be deployed against those least able to defend against it.
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Oh wow! I’m guessing that was pretty common, considering how there were recent child labor laws passed during the New Deal era, but that income was still needed…
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Luckily Republicans are working hard to ensure this sort of thing never has to happen again. Not by increasing wages so kids don’t have to work to help support the family, of course. By eliminating the age restrictions at the mill. Progress! /s
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