Pretty much 1965 to 1980 was the peak of PRIVACY for Western Society. That was when you could move around and not stir up questions, as prior, if you tried moving to a new town, for example, you’d be peppered with questions. After 1980, databases started being developed, plus other things to ‘get people into the system’. Today, try walking into a Social Security today when you’re 20 years old and demanding a new card without providing any history, or without being nailed for a false history. The ONLY option now is having people in government give you a new identity, and a new past.
I actually did know a guy in high school, around 1971, who was building a false identity, or at least claimed to be. No idea how that ever worked out for him — probably not well unless he learned to keep his mouth shut better.
I considered trying it myself but never did. That was about the last time the old get-a-birth-certificate-in-the-name-of-a-dead-infant scheme had a chance of working. With today’s databases and cross-referencing, I’d imagine the government could easily spot a fake identity that had been done that way even 50+ years ago.
Or walk over the border with no ID and a made up name.
Then, they support you.
Watch the old TV show “The Fugitive.” Couldn’t work now.
How about the old standby of getting somebody in the system to give you the birth certificate of a baby who was born at the same time you were but who died? Then you could make up some story about how your family lived overseas. It would take time to get a SSN, driver’s license etc etc.
Just walk across the southern border, heading north...