ID checks, how well does a fake hold up? Options

[Edward]

For a real sin roll the reader. On rule of 1 one of several things will happen.

Comms error.
Bad reed.
Damaged credstick.
Data suspect (as with equal successes on a fake id)
Data suspect (and the reader has some of the data wrong)
Forged credstic.

The lower rating ones will more likely do the first 3. such problems happen so often users will develop a tendency to press cancel and run the card again (trust me we had a dodgy EFT machine at my work and the official instructions from management where try 3 times, unplug the machine for 2 seconds if it jams. And signature verification is a joke with half a days practise anybody with reasonable dexterity can forge a signature such that the untrained person behind the counter will never be able tell) I security at these places will change any.

Also remember. If you go to a store with a fake cred stick (as the rules for creating a fake cred stick show) your still paying. Many clubs that want to present a venere of legality will deliberately use rating 1 readers and may tamper with them to reduce there reliability (how many clubs let 15 year olds in with the crudest of fake Ids today)

Edward