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Do you have any data to back this claim up or are you just stating your opinion?

I was routinely detained at passport control because there was a bad guy with my same name. It took some amount of time and being very polite to get me out of that.



I know a guy who shares a name with a one legged IRA bomber. One would think there would be some effort disambiguate name collisions. In this case a three year old could probably do it. Let’s see. One, two. Not the guy!!!


Ironically, a three year old can be on the list.

https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/No_Fly_List#False_positives

> Numerous children (including many under the age of five, and some under the age of one) have generated false positives.

And at least on one occasion, a sitting US Senator: https://www.theregister.com/2004/08/19/senator_on_terror_wat...




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