Why is it that even after so much advancement in passport and registration systems for people, it’s still not that difficult to get in or out of countries with fake passports?

Question

As the title suggests, now even if there are government databases that store one’s essential data. Everything being connected, it’s still not that difficult to get in or out using fake passports?

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Because governments don’t share their passport databases with other governments. Because that is a security concern. (Not universally true, but true in the majority of situations.)

So instead they’ll share how to spot a fake. But by making what to look for in a fake passport public knowledge, passport forgers now know what they have to get good at and what mistakes to avoid.

Also a lot of governments just don’t care. Sounds weird from an American perspective. But a lot of countries do not have any type of border security. Nothing stopping you from driving across the border. *Maybe* a sign telling you that you’re in a new country. Nobody to check your passport. Nobody to ensure you’re not smuggling illegal goods. You just…drive through. To a lot of modern governments passports are about identification if a situation should arise that requires you to have ID. Not about tracking who comes in and out of their country.