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by majelix 4724 days ago
> Sadly, making driving licenses is not too hard

The hard part, I imagine, is testing that's a good-enough fake. Standing in front of the passport agent or getting pulled over are probably the worst possible times to learn your print was an eighth of an inch off in the wrong place.

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Yeah, there are a few hard parts that I left out. Making it 'good enough' is hard, but for a reason I found surprising when developing the methods. Making the design look exactly right is quite easy, but making it feel perfect is damn-near impossible. The way it bends and the texture in your hands are qualities of the exact manufacturing process and materials, and you can never quite nail it with a knock-off.

That said, most people will never hand them to a customs agent, and I had reports that mine were accepted as ID by police officers on several occasions. Maybe the forger is more sensitive to the differences than most.