Re: The cost of Zeroed
If society is complex enough that most people have official ID, then not having one should be a disadvantage. If you can get by without official ID, then most people will.
If you're Zeroed and have an Alternate ID, then isn't that "fake" ID just your base identity? What I mean: In reality you are John Smith, Ghost in the Machine. Your existence has never been documented, you have never been enrolled in school, applied for a loan, owned a car, etc. ..., but you have an alternate identity of "Joe Blow", an average guy with a high school diploma, a clean driving record, and a license and insurance for a cheap used car. You get caught outside GlutCoDyne's Corp. Labs after that big break-in, arrested and booked for trespassing. The cops take your finger prints, DNA sample, retinal prints, etc., label them "Joe Blow" and stick you in cell block 42.
So in what sense are you now John Smith, Ghost in the Machine, and not Joe Blow, the B&E suspect that the cops have records of?
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