Joseph CoxFeb 5, 2024

New from 404 Media: inside the underground site where "neural networks" churn out fake IDs
- I tested the service, called OnlyFake, made two IDs in minutes
- I then used one to successfully bypass the identity verification check on a cryptocurrency exchange
- Massive implications for crime, cybersecurity. What does it mean for us when fake IDs are a mouse click away?

https://www.404media.co/inside-the-underground-site-where-ai-neural-networks-churns-out-fake-ids-onlyfake/

Inside the Underground Site Where ‘Neural Networks’ Churn Out Fake IDs

The site, called OnlyFake, threatens to streamline everything from bank fraud to money laundering, and has implications for cybersecurity writ large.

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Show threadKarl Auerbach
@josephcox It looks like that it is a fake "SecureID" version of the California license, yet I don't see the pattern of holes that go all the way through the plastic. Does the fake card have the UV features? (Kinda hard to view via a photo. ;-)
Feb 5, 2024 at 3:48pmWeb
Show threadLuis VillaFeb 5, 2024
@karlauerbach @josephcox if I understood the article correctly, what it is offering is a picture of the card, not the card itself. That's enough for a lot of online ID "verification" systems, but not something you could use IRL where the UV is an issue.
Show threadKarl AuerbachFeb 5, 2024

@luis_in_brief @josephcox Thanks, that explains a lot.

Years back when we were making credit cards (legit ones) we used random metal particles in the plastic base. We would read the pattern of those particles - unique for every card and quite difficult to replicate - and use that as a form validation, but it required special readers.

(Apple // used a similar scheme, using the random flaws in floppy disk media in various forms of copy protection.)