# Is it legal if someone pretends to be me, with my explicit and situational permission? **URL:** \ **Category:** General Discussion\ **Created:** [April 18, 2026, 5:56pm UTC](https://forums.eveonline.com/t/is-it-legal-if-someone-pretends-to-be-me-with-my-explicit-and-situational-permission/510146 "2026-04-18T17:56:02Z")\ **Posts on this page:** 20\ **Page:** 1
**Author:** ![Operation\_Highjump](https://sea1.discourse-cdn.com/eveonline/user_avatar/forums.eveonline.com/operation_highjump/32/496624_2.png) [@Operation\_Highjump](https://forums.eveonline.com/u/Operation_Highjump)\ **Post date:** [April 18, 2026, 5:56pm UTC](https://forums.eveonline.com/t/is-it-legal-if-someone-pretends-to-be-me-with-my-explicit-and-situational-permission/510146/1 "2026-04-18T17:56:02Z")
I am asking if this is acceptable inside eve in general, and secondarily, outside of eve but related to it, ala discord, ts3, mumble, etc. I am asking this also for the legality of people representing me in general here. ---
**Author:** ![Geo\_Eclipse\_Oksaras](https://sea1.discourse-cdn.com/eveonline/user_avatar/forums.eveonline.com/geo_eclipse_oksaras/32/500781_2.png) [@Geo\_Eclipse\_Oksaras](https://forums.eveonline.com/u/Geo_Eclipse_Oksaras)\ **Post date:** [April 18, 2026, 6:02pm UTC](https://forums.eveonline.com/t/is-it-legal-if-someone-pretends-to-be-me-with-my-explicit-and-situational-permission/510146/2 "2026-04-18T18:02:00Z")
no it is not. ---
**Author:** ![Aiko\_Danuja](https://sea1.discourse-cdn.com/eveonline/user_avatar/forums.eveonline.com/aiko_danuja/32/481237_2.png) [@Aiko\_Danuja](https://forums.eveonline.com/u/Aiko_Danuja)\ **Post date:** [April 18, 2026, 6:04pm UTC](https://forums.eveonline.com/t/is-it-legal-if-someone-pretends-to-be-me-with-my-explicit-and-situational-permission/510146/3 "2026-04-18T18:04:53Z")
Yes, I think it’s legal. People pretend to be me all the time. ---
**Author:** ![Geo\_Eclipse\_Oksaras](https://sea1.discourse-cdn.com/eveonline/user_avatar/forums.eveonline.com/geo_eclipse_oksaras/32/500781_2.png) [@Geo\_Eclipse\_Oksaras](https://forums.eveonline.com/u/Geo_Eclipse_Oksaras)\ **Post date:** [April 18, 2026, 6:05pm UTC](https://forums.eveonline.com/t/is-it-legal-if-someone-pretends-to-be-me-with-my-explicit-and-situational-permission/510146/4 "2026-04-18T18:05:20Z")
You may not impersonate or present yourself to be a representative of CCP or an EVE Online volunteer. You may not impersonate or falsely present yourself to be a representative of another player, group of players, character or NPC entity. ---
**Author:** ![Aiko\_Danuja](https://sea1.discourse-cdn.com/eveonline/user_avatar/forums.eveonline.com/aiko_danuja/32/481237_2.png) [@Aiko\_Danuja](https://forums.eveonline.com/u/Aiko_Danuja)\ **Post date:** [April 18, 2026, 6:07pm UTC](https://forums.eveonline.com/t/is-it-legal-if-someone-pretends-to-be-me-with-my-explicit-and-situational-permission/510146/5 "2026-04-18T18:07:09Z")
“Falsely” and “impersonate” being words with debatable meaning. People in EvE often claim to be other people, or from another group, it’s fairly common… so no, I don’t think it’s against the rules. What is wrong is naming yourself in such a way that facilitates that, for example by calling yourself Aiko Danuia and trying to scam people. ---
**Author:** ![Geo\_Eclipse\_Oksaras](https://sea1.discourse-cdn.com/eveonline/user_avatar/forums.eveonline.com/geo_eclipse_oksaras/32/500781_2.png) [@Geo\_Eclipse\_Oksaras](https://forums.eveonline.com/u/Geo_Eclipse_Oksaras)\ **Post date:** [April 18, 2026, 6:07pm UTC](https://forums.eveonline.com/t/is-it-legal-if-someone-pretends-to-be-me-with-my-explicit-and-situational-permission/510146/6 "2026-04-18T18:07:54Z")
> [@Operation\_Highjump](#): > > legality of people representing me > [@Geo\_Eclipse\_Oksaras](#): > > impersonate or falsely present yourself to be a representative of another player I would think that would go either way… acting like someone is impersonation. ---
**Author:** ![Geo\_Eclipse\_Oksaras](https://sea1.discourse-cdn.com/eveonline/user_avatar/forums.eveonline.com/geo_eclipse_oksaras/32/500781_2.png) [@Geo\_Eclipse\_Oksaras](https://forums.eveonline.com/u/Geo_Eclipse_Oksaras)\ **Post date:** [April 18, 2026, 6:08pm UTC](https://forums.eveonline.com/t/is-it-legal-if-someone-pretends-to-be-me-with-my-explicit-and-situational-permission/510146/7 "2026-04-18T18:08:37Z")
or when CODE. tried to impersonate USIA ---
**Author:** ![Aiko\_Danuja](https://sea1.discourse-cdn.com/eveonline/user_avatar/forums.eveonline.com/aiko_danuja/32/481237_2.png) [@Aiko\_Danuja](https://forums.eveonline.com/u/Aiko_Danuja)\ **Post date:** [April 18, 2026, 6:09pm UTC](https://forums.eveonline.com/t/is-it-legal-if-someone-pretends-to-be-me-with-my-explicit-and-situational-permission/510146/8 "2026-04-18T18:09:28Z")
Acting as someone with their consent is allowed. A few years ago, someone even ran for the CSM, while a third party pretended to be them during interviews. Claiming to be part of Goonswarm, when you are actually part of Panfam, is also allowed. The key words there are “impersonate” and “falsely”. Impersonation involves more than a mere claim or superficial similarity, as it includes overt acts to copy, mimic, or duplicate the attributes of another. So, for example, it’s legal to claim that you are an authorized Goon director - it’s illegal to create a character name, corp, channel, etc all designed to support that claim. This is primarily aimed at the creation of names and biographies intended to look identical or similar to the official version. It is not aimed at the mere claim, “I can get you into Snuffed for 200 billion!” ---
**Author:** ![Operation\_Highjump](https://sea1.discourse-cdn.com/eveonline/user_avatar/forums.eveonline.com/operation_highjump/32/496624_2.png) [@Operation\_Highjump](https://forums.eveonline.com/u/Operation_Highjump)\ **Post date:** [April 18, 2026, 6:12pm UTC](https://forums.eveonline.com/t/is-it-legal-if-someone-pretends-to-be-me-with-my-explicit-and-situational-permission/510146/9 "2026-04-18T18:12:47Z")
So to clarify on what the question is, I will offer a theoretical interaction. Person A runs an organization. Person A wants to outsource “diplomacy” to a trusted individual on their behalf. Said person, B, will take Person A’s name and interact with others outside of eve, but in related forum such as discord, while not telling people that themself, person B, is infact not person A. I want to ask these questions and will give more details as requested. ---
**Author:** ![Geo\_Eclipse\_Oksaras](https://sea1.discourse-cdn.com/eveonline/user_avatar/forums.eveonline.com/geo_eclipse_oksaras/32/500781_2.png) [@Geo\_Eclipse\_Oksaras](https://forums.eveonline.com/u/Geo_Eclipse_Oksaras)\ **Post date:** [April 18, 2026, 6:13pm UTC](https://forums.eveonline.com/t/is-it-legal-if-someone-pretends-to-be-me-with-my-explicit-and-situational-permission/510146/10 "2026-04-18T18:13:19Z")
@ISD_Drew may know better. ---
**Author:** ![Aiko\_Danuja](https://sea1.discourse-cdn.com/eveonline/user_avatar/forums.eveonline.com/aiko_danuja/32/481237_2.png) [@Aiko\_Danuja](https://forums.eveonline.com/u/Aiko_Danuja)\ **Post date:** [April 18, 2026, 6:13pm UTC](https://forums.eveonline.com/t/is-it-legal-if-someone-pretends-to-be-me-with-my-explicit-and-situational-permission/510146/11 "2026-04-18T18:13:44Z")
It’s outside of EvE so it’s definitely allowed, especially when consent has been given. Nobody is going to investigate the authorship of a forum post. If you are in doubt, you should make a support ticket, but I am perfectly confident that it’s not a violation. ---
**Author:** ![Operation\_Highjump](https://sea1.discourse-cdn.com/eveonline/user_avatar/forums.eveonline.com/operation_highjump/32/496624_2.png) [@Operation\_Highjump](https://forums.eveonline.com/u/Operation_Highjump)\ **Post date:** [April 18, 2026, 6:18pm UTC](https://forums.eveonline.com/t/is-it-legal-if-someone-pretends-to-be-me-with-my-explicit-and-situational-permission/510146/12 "2026-04-18T18:18:34Z")
Thank you Geo, Aiko, I appreciate the guidance on this. ---
**Author:** ![Remi\_Lacroix](https://sea1.discourse-cdn.com/eveonline/user_avatar/forums.eveonline.com/remi_lacroix/32/494680_2.png) [@Remi\_Lacroix](https://forums.eveonline.com/u/Remi_Lacroix)\ **Post date:** [April 18, 2026, 6:27pm UTC](https://forums.eveonline.com/t/is-it-legal-if-someone-pretends-to-be-me-with-my-explicit-and-situational-permission/510146/13 "2026-04-18T18:27:54Z")
> [@Operation\_Highjump](#): > > Person A runs an organization. Person A wants to outsource “diplomacy” to a trusted individual on their behalf. Said person, B, will take Person A’s name and interact with others outside of eve, but in related forum such as discord, while not telling people that themself, person B, is infact not person A. While it is weird to do that, it’s not against any rules. Even the rules about impersonating someone or making characters with similar name to someone else and represent yourself as the original person is not frowned upon. It happens all the time. ![Screenshot 2026-04-18 132120](https://global.discourse-cdn.com/eveonline/original/4X/8/6/f/86fdff3110b64ef198775dd2447eab89b241c3d9.jpeg) Every one of those names that are not me were made after I made this character. I’ve seen them in mining chat, pretending to be me. I’ve seen 2 of them in rookie chat giving terrible advice and then I get the backlash from it. ISD’s don’t care, CCP doesn’t care. ![Screenshot 2026-04-18 132529](https://global.discourse-cdn.com/eveonline/original/4X/0/b/c/0bc1e82fb3defca20773b5db1a52f266d5f973a8.jpeg) Except for the original of course, all of those names were made after the original Aiko. Are they all the same person? Maybe. Doubt it though. Recently we have learned that the rules set forth in the EULA and TOS do not get enforced as they are written. ---
**Author:** ![Anna\_Dyneaux](https://sea1.discourse-cdn.com/eveonline/user_avatar/forums.eveonline.com/anna_dyneaux/32/510758_2.png) [@Anna\_Dyneaux](https://forums.eveonline.com/u/Anna_Dyneaux)\ **Post date:** [April 18, 2026, 6:49pm UTC](https://forums.eveonline.com/t/is-it-legal-if-someone-pretends-to-be-me-with-my-explicit-and-situational-permission/510146/14 "2026-04-18T18:49:57Z")
Surely pretending to be a member or representative of an in-game group isn’t against the rules, or recruitment scammers wouldn’t be a thing. ---
**Author:** ![Aiko\_Danuja](https://sea1.discourse-cdn.com/eveonline/user_avatar/forums.eveonline.com/aiko_danuja/32/481237_2.png) [@Aiko\_Danuja](https://forums.eveonline.com/u/Aiko_Danuja)\ **Post date:** [April 18, 2026, 6:52pm UTC](https://forums.eveonline.com/t/is-it-legal-if-someone-pretends-to-be-me-with-my-explicit-and-situational-permission/510146/15 "2026-04-18T18:52:55Z")
Impersonation is more than just a claim or act, but a series of concrete steps taken to mimic or emulate. So for a player in a random NPC corporation to say, “I’m in Goons, I can get you blue standings for 10 billion.” That’s allowed. For them to create a corporation called Karmafieet in an alliance called Goonswarm Fedaration, with identical logos and similarily named CEO characters and a website and a channel and etc etc - that isn’t allowed. It’s a question of scale and intent. ---
**Author:** ![Meridan\_Night](https://sea1.discourse-cdn.com/eveonline/user_avatar/forums.eveonline.com/meridan_night/32/488304_2.png) [@Meridan\_Night](https://forums.eveonline.com/u/Meridan_Night)\ **Post date:** [April 18, 2026, 7:18pm UTC](https://forums.eveonline.com/t/is-it-legal-if-someone-pretends-to-be-me-with-my-explicit-and-situational-permission/510146/16 "2026-04-18T19:18:55Z")
> [@Remi\_Lacroix](#): > > Except for the original of course, all of those names were made after the original Aiko. Are they all the same person? Difference here is they are not claiming to be. The names are clearly different and distinguishable from Aiko Danuja, there is zero confusion. It would be impersonation if any of them claimed they are the same person in real life. If you do claim to be someone you are not, whether by permission of the person you are falsely claiming to be (it is ALWAYS false, because one cannot ever turn themselves into someone else) or not, that is impersonation. In my opinion, it makes no difference if someone gives you permission to impersonate them – it shouldn’t be allowed, and that’s how I interpret EULA. > [@Operation\_Highjump](#): > > Person A wants to outsource “diplomacy” to a trusted individual on their behalf. Said person, B, will take Person A’s name and interact with others outside of eve, but in related forum such as discord, while not telling people that themself, person B, is infact not person A. You don’t need person B to lie about who they are in such a situation. Just put up a disclaimer about it into your bio (or send an EVE mail to relevant parties) that such and such characters have permission to ‘‘speak on your behalf’’. Case solved. Everything else is subterfuge and lying and I would not trust such a person in retrospect if they got caught doing that with me. In fact, I don’t trust you now after seeing you even considering pulling something like that in the game. ---
**Author:** ![Tiger\_space\_Thedark](https://sea1.discourse-cdn.com/eveonline/user_avatar/forums.eveonline.com/tiger_space_thedark/32/373728_2.png) [@Tiger\_space\_Thedark](https://forums.eveonline.com/u/Tiger_space_Thedark)\ **Post date:** [April 18, 2026, 7:30pm UTC](https://forums.eveonline.com/t/is-it-legal-if-someone-pretends-to-be-me-with-my-explicit-and-situational-permission/510146/17 "2026-04-18T19:30:49Z")
no aiko, it’s not ---
**Author:** ![Geo\_Eclipse\_Oksaras](https://sea1.discourse-cdn.com/eveonline/user_avatar/forums.eveonline.com/geo_eclipse_oksaras/32/500781_2.png) [@Geo\_Eclipse\_Oksaras](https://forums.eveonline.com/u/Geo_Eclipse_Oksaras)\ **Post date:** [April 18, 2026, 7:40pm UTC](https://forums.eveonline.com/t/is-it-legal-if-someone-pretends-to-be-me-with-my-explicit-and-situational-permission/510146/18 "2026-04-18T19:40:47Z")
i recall you had that issue happen to you someone pretended to be you. ---
**Author:** ![Aiko\_Danuja](https://sea1.discourse-cdn.com/eveonline/user_avatar/forums.eveonline.com/aiko_danuja/32/481237_2.png) [@Aiko\_Danuja](https://forums.eveonline.com/u/Aiko_Danuja)\ **Post date:** [April 18, 2026, 10:47pm UTC](https://forums.eveonline.com/t/is-it-legal-if-someone-pretends-to-be-me-with-my-explicit-and-situational-permission/510146/19 "2026-04-18T22:47:43Z")
> [@Tiger\_space\_Thedark](#): > > no aiko, it’s not Well, I think it is. ---
**Author:** ![Chad\_Frostpacker](https://sea1.discourse-cdn.com/eveonline/user_avatar/forums.eveonline.com/chad_frostpacker/32/515697_2.png) [@Chad\_Frostpacker](https://forums.eveonline.com/u/Chad_Frostpacker)\ **Post date:** [April 18, 2026, 10:53pm UTC](https://forums.eveonline.com/t/is-it-legal-if-someone-pretends-to-be-me-with-my-explicit-and-situational-permission/510146/20 "2026-04-18T22:53:51Z")
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