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John G Harris:

> On Tue, 21 Jan 2020 12:22:31 +0100, Arno Welzel <usenet@arnowelzel.de>
> wrote:
> 
>   <snip>
>> That's one of the reasons why an identity
>> card not only contains a display name but also a picture of the person,
>> date of birth etc.
>   <snip>
> 
> Does that mean that identical twins should be illegal?

No. It only means that a display name isn't sufficient to identify someone.

> Or is that yet another problem with ID systems?

Yep. And remember - the original claim by T. Lahn was: "For all intents
and purposes, it *is* an ID".


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Arno Welzel
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