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Of course it's an arms race, but they already have countermeasures in place: asking you to partially obscure the ID with your hand, asking you to show how the holograms change as you tilt the ID, etc.



I'd think that's all relatively easy to compensate for, just film (or create in CGI) the card held in different directions, then merge into the green screen card.

Seems like it'd be better if chip card readers became ubiquitous on home computers and mobile devices, then we can scan our drivers license or other government ID to prove that we have possession of the physical card (and when making online purchases we can scan a credit card instead of typing in a number that can be stolen).




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