besselj@lemmy.ca to Technology@lemmy.worldEnglish · 2 months agoUK cyber vigilantes generating mock IDs of local MPs to protest Online Safety Actcybernews.comexternal-linkmessage-square4fedilinkarrow-up15arrow-down10
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minus-squareIlovethebomb@sh.itjust.workslinkfedilinkEnglisharrow-up1·edit-22 months agoI’d love to hear some informed commentary on the legality of this, if it’s legal, it’s surely an oversight in the law. Edit : just to be clear, I’m talking about creating the ID, rather than using it.
minus-squarezonnewin@feddit.nllinkfedilinkEnglisharrow-up1·2 months agoOf course it’s not legal. This is called identity theft.
I’d love to hear some informed commentary on the legality of this, if it’s legal, it’s surely an oversight in the law.
Edit : just to be clear, I’m talking about creating the ID, rather than using it.
Of course it’s not legal. This is called identity theft.