[Foundation-l] identity disclosure and access to OTRS/Checkuser

[Philippe Beaudette]

On Jun 29, 2008, at 5:28 PM, Al Tally wrote:

> When I became an OTRS volunteer, I didn't need to send any ID (this  
> was
> September 2007). When I ran in the steward election, I sent a photo  
> of my
> passport, which was required. Still, it could be incredibly easy to  
> forge
> such a thing, or use someone elses.



Mind you, I'm no lawyer, but I would think there are SIGNIFICANT legal  
penalties to forging a passport to use as identification.  Even if not  
(because you're not presenting it to a government authority), I would  
think the Foundation has done appropriate due-diligence.  In any case,  
WP:BEANS.
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