T o shield themselves from the chronic barrage of bureaucrats and their incessant need to monitor every facet of Ollr existence, some veterans of the privacy wars have resorted to creating new identities. But producing credible IDs is much harder than ever before as the bureaucratic machine proli~ ates such Orwellian devices as holograms and magnetic swipes to thwart modern desktop counterfeiters. In his latest book, veteran privacy author Sheldon Charrett (The Modern Identity Changer and IdeHtity, Privacy, and Personal Freedom) shows how persistent privacy seekers readily replicate driver's licenses, birth certificates, and other supposedly "secure" identity documents. In Secrets of a Back-Alley ID Man you will Jearn about • the most effective "new school" and "old school" techniques and tricks for IDs, as well as "poor man's" techniques for those on a tight budget • groundbreaking research in hologram reproduction • the latest printers, scanners, cameras, software, and other equipment used to make fake IDs • do-it-yourself computer templates for driver's licenses and notary, corporate, municipal, and state seals • ways to make composite IDs using a standard 35mm camera • the availability of ready-made IDs from other sources With more than 50 detailed photographs and a dozen tables and illustrations, this book shows you step by step how metallic holograms are made and repetitive letter- ing is placed on lamination. Charrett also reveals a technique for reproducing rainbow holograms that has never before been published by anyone, anywhere, as well as his own previously unpublished technique for making cheap and effective embossing plates for notary and state seals. Also included are difficult-to-find driver's license backs, which are nonexistent on the Internet and ignored in other ID books. If you've ever wondered whether a 21st centurion can still change identities, you'll want to read this book. For academic study ollly. ASection One: METHODOLOGY, TOOLS, AND MATERIALS Chapter 1: Understanding the Two Basic Approaches to Document Forgery 9 Chapter 2: Tools and Materials of the Back-Alley ID Man 11 Section Two: DOCUMENT SECURITY Chapter 3: Getting a Grip on Lamination 23 Chapter 4: Holograms 31 Chapter 5; Embossed Seals and Other Fun Stuff 43 Section Three: PUTTING IT ALL TOGETHER Chapter 6: Birth Certificates Made Easy 53 Chapter 7: How Crooks Construct Kick-Ass Driver's Licenses 61 Conclusion