@ketchup71 @josephcox

Yes.

I did not say though that Video-Ident is not hackable or was not hacked.

I said that pictures of ID cards generated by some AI will pass only the simplest checks and will not pass Video-Ident.

The Video-Ident hack does need much more than just some printed picture. It is (in opposite to what CCC states - somewhat puffery) way more complicated than the discussed ID generation by AI. Ordering a fake ID which would pass KYC checks would be indeed a big threat.

@Ann_Effes @josephcox Agreed. Mostly. 😁

The whole AI angle is BS. IDs are very formal, there is no point in using image generators. Best use regular image manipulation, I guess. The real problem is that they can pump them out in numbers.

Still, since the video isn’t hack is basically video manipulation and social engineering, it works work with those fake IDs as well. 🙂

@ketchup71 @josephcox

Yeah, but I commented just one aspect:

Are AI generated ID Pictures a particular threat?

And my answer was: No, even Video-Ident can't be fooled by those alone. If an ID check can be fooled by those AI generated IDcard-photos than that procedure is particularly unsuitable.

What you say beyond that is correct, but was not the subject of the post or my answer.

@Ann_Effes Sorry, I probably mistook your comment and answer as „video ident would prevent that“, and wanted to provide a counter example to dampen expectations.

Also: I agree the AI part is irrelevant for the fake card. It may help to create a large number of unique backdrops, which will help keeping the picture service alive, but is probably mostly to hype the service.

Anyway, there is no way around a cryptographic solution, sind everything else is way too easy to compromise. 🙂