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Ghosting (photography)
Ghosting may refer to: Common uses * Ghosting (identity theft), a form of identity theft, whereby a person takes on the identity of a deceased person * Ghosting (incarceration), repeatedly moving a prisoner through different institutions to avoid scrutiny, or because the prisoner has become unmanageable * Ghosting (behavior), ending all communication and contact with another person without any apparent warning or justification * Ghosting (television), a double image when receiving a distorted or multipath input signal in analog television broadcasting * Ghosting, an offset printing defect produced in one of two ways, in which faint replicas of printed images appear in undesirable places * Comment ghosting, a form of stealth banning on internet forums * Key ghosting, a phenomenon where multiple simultaneous key presses on a computer keyboard can result in incorrectly registered keystrokes * Lens flare, an optical effect caused by internal reflections * Multiple appearances of the ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Ghosting (identity Theft)
Ghosting is a form of identity theft in which someone steals the identity, and sometimes even the role within society, of a specific dead person (the "ghost") whose death is not widely known. Usually, the person who steals this identity (the "ghoster") is roughly the same age that the ghost would have been if still alive, so that any documents citing the birthdate of the ghost will not be conspicuously incorrect if appropriated by the thief now claiming to be that person. The use of counterfeit identification falsely documenting a completely fictional identity is not ghosting, as false identification cannot be used to obtain social services or interact with government agencies or law enforcement officials. The purpose of ghosting is to enable the ghoster to appropriate an existing identity that is already listed in government records—an identity that is dormant because its original possessor is dead. General description Typically, identity theft is done for criminal financial g ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |