Robert Siciliano is a NextAdvisor.com Expert Guest Blogger
If someone can easily create a form of identification with your credentials, what this means for your personal safety? What this means in terms of identity theft? How are you supposed to be you when someone else can do the same?
Fake IDs can be just for fun too. Who in their adolescence and college years has not had a fake ID? I did it.
At 17, I was 23! This meant that I could buy alcohol, go to bars and make others "R" The movies rated. It also meant that I'm a rock star. For one minute.
So he had to seal backup and voila! You were a rock star.
CNN reported that the Office of the responsibility of the government has done a test. One investigator used a false identity to get a real passport. Once he had the passport, bought a plane ticket and went through security. How stupidly big is the hole in security? 
Former Secretary Chertoff DHS said, (and I agree) "I will submit to you that in the 21st century, the most important asset we must protect as an individuals and as part of our nation is the control of our identity, who we are, how we identify if others are allowed to masquerade and pretend to be us, and adversely affect our livelihood , damage our assets, harm our reputation, harm our reputation in our community. "
the problem here is that the speed of technology has far exceeded the safety of our identification documents. Anyone with a computer, scanner, printer, laminator, for crying out loud, PENCIL, can create basic documents to acquire real IDs.
This makes it very difficult to prevent identity theft when someone can steal your identity at any time.
What contributes to the problem is that there are thousands of variations of birth certificates, dozens of Social Security cards and driver from hundreds of different outstanding pilots. There is very little security and no important standards to prevent counterfeiting. I'm sure many will argue this point with me. However, the fact remains that fake ID cards are everywhere.
protection against identity theft becomes very difficult.
Although technology certainly exists to identify and authenticate with many technologies, privacy advocates and ignorant politicians will fight to the death to prevent their implementation for two reasons correctly . The first is the cost, which is a naive argument. The second relates to privacy issues.
Regarding the cost is concerned, it is worth it to spend whatever it takes to identify and authenticate correctly. Privacy is DEAD. Safety is the question we should be concerned. We must manage our circumstances and tighten things up. The UAE has an "identity card" in the place that is the best active solution, I know.
There are hundreds of solutions every day, but the cost and privacy continue to rise. One argument some have is that technologies such as RFID and biometrics are the equivalent of the mark of the beast. This just goes over my head.
The Real ID Act was passed, and slammed revisited. It is the first step towards effective authentication. Fight you might, his coming. 
Robert Siciliano Identity Theft President discusses identity theft and the widespread use of Social Security numbers here.
I am very happy to work with Uni-ball in 2009 in a partnership to help raise awareness of the growing threat of identity theft and provide tips to protect yourself. Check uniball-na.com for more information.
Robert Siciliano is CEO of IDTheftSecurity.com, an expert on identity theft, professional speaker, security analyst, published author and television news correspondent. Siciliano works with Fortune 1000 and start-up companies as a consultant on product launches, branding, messaging, representation, SEO and media. the thoughts and advice of Siciliano on all these issues often appear in both television and print media news, including CNN, MSNBC, CNBC, FOX, Forbes and USA Today. He has 25 years of safety training as a member of the American Society for Industrial Security. He is the author of two books, including The Safety Minute: Living on high alert; How to take control of your personal safety and prevent fraud.