Ubiquitous Fakery

Given today's technology, any bloke can create a fake document with great ease and in very little time. And that document can be exceptionally important. "Any bloke" includes your insurance provider, your lawyer, your colleague, or your family.

Any paper document can be made into a digital file. Any digital file can be manipulated: text can be changed, signatures added or removed, images added or removed, watermarks added or removed, pages added, rearranged, removed...

Any bloke can use practically any ubiquitously available software (adobe, bluebeam, photoshop, word...) and technology (photocopier, scanner, all-in-one, laptop...) to modify any digital file (pdf, doc, jpeg...) and produce any paper document.

Have you been involved in a car accident only to have your insurance agent miraculously produce "coverage-limiting" documents with your signature on them that you have never, ever, seen before, much less signed?

Have you been involved in a divorce proceeding in which your soon-to-be ex miraculously produces documents that admit something detrimental to your case?

Or, have you been involved in a criminal proceeding where your pro bono defense attorney signed--unbeknownst to you at the time, your name to a waiver of a right?

Drop a comment if you have experienced this type of deception.