Need ID to see Joke ID card
A bunch of folks sent me links to this Photography License, which also found its way to BoingBoing:
Now, bizarrely, if you visit that page, Yahoo wants you to show your (Yahoo-issued) ID to see (Matt’s self-issued) ID.
It’s probably a bad idea to present a novelty version of a DHS document to law enforcement.
It’s a worse idea to live in a country where someone sees enough harassment of photographers to design such a thing so well.
The very worst idea, however, is to discover pressure to send the whole thing down the memory hole.
Is the above noted Identification a fruad??? If so how can you tell?
Presenting a fake ID to a cop is punishable by up to 20 years in prison in some circumstances:
http://www4.law.cornell.edu/uscode/18/1028.html
Cops are definitely harassing photographers (and others) under nonexistent or overzealously enforced laws, but that doesn’t give citizens a legal right to produce, carry, or present false IDs. Do not do this.