~~Rather than~~ In addition to this, they should leak all the websites that MPs are visiting.
If it's anything like the United States, we're sure to find some embarrassing search histories (at the very least).
No privacy for me. No privacy for you.
Well he did it love in the commons not surprised he's going
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.
Using the ID, sure. But what about providing the service?
Depends.
You can argue that it's basically art/political speech. You've done it to draw attention to flaws in the approach and to highlight how ineffectual the current system is, and that if you actually wanted to do make fake IDs you'd take a much less high-profile approach. As such, there's no actual criminal intent required.
Don't know if a judge would buy it though.
Especially a UK one.
Yeah, I think the creator of this is playing with fire personally.
Civil disobedience is done with full knowledge you are breaking the law.
I think it would fall under forgery which is definitely illegal and doesn't require you to use the ID.
On the criminal side, It’s identity fraud, and also an offence under the Misuse of Computers Act, gaining access to a system unauthorisedly. Civilly, it’s almost certainly a violation of the ToS.
Yeah this is not worth the risk. Identity fraud of a politicians can be a serious crime. The pay off for this is a minor inconvenience for some desk worker and a few slop articles written about you.
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