[Noisebridge-discuss] Noisebridge Department of Homeland Security

[mark burdett]

SFPD was quite unhappy with some satirical SFPD-look-alike press
passes someone made ~9 years ago and threatened criminal charges (once
they found out, a couple years after the fact, and didn't have a
public list to find out who was responsible).

--mark

On Fri, May 15, 2009 at 12:27 PM, C C <crisachow14 at gmail.com> wrote:
> You really think that because it actually isn't a real government issued
> document that the cops won't go around and tsar you?  I mean, hell, you can
> get into a 'lot of trouble' already even without getting the look alike
> government issued document.
>
>
> On Fri, May 15, 2009 at 12:22 PM, aestetix aestetix <aestetix at gmail.com>
> wrote:
>>
>> What does "in trouble" mean? As far as I can tell, it's not illegal. It
>> may look very close to a government issued document, but if it doesn't claim
>> to be one, and isn't impersonating one....
>>
>> On Fri, May 15, 2009 at 12:16 PM, C C <crisachow14 at gmail.com> wrote:
>>>
>>> Even though it sounds like an interesting idea, I feel like this stuff
>>> would get you in trouble mad fast.
>>>
>>>
>>> On Fri, May 15, 2009 at 12:01 PM, aestetix aestetix <aestetix at gmail.com>
>>> wrote:
>>>>
>>>> I saw this on Boingboing:
>>>> http://jwz.livejournal.com/1046225.html?nc=23
>>>> (DHS photography license)
>>>>
>>>> and thought.... if the license were not a US government document, it
>>>> would be totally legal.
>>>>
>>>> What if we formed a Noisebridge Department of Homeland Security, and
>>>> issued our own legal licenses allowing us to do things that DHS is saying we
>>>> can't? It's not forging a government document, because no such document
>>>> exists. It's not impersonating a government employee, because we would be
>>>> doing it under the guise of Noisebridge.
>>>>
>>>> I don't know how wise it would be to present a NBDHS photography license
>>>> to a law enforcement officer and expect to not make him mad, but it's a very
>>>> interesting legal question.
>>>>
>>>> aestetix
>>>>
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