A new policy that allows D.C. drivers to wait nearly two decades before updating their license photograph is spurring some to wonder how a criminal might use graying, balding, wrinkling and other inevitabilities of age to steal someone’s identity.

The D.C. Department of Motor Vehicles, under a rule change implemented Friday, requires that District residents obtain a new license photograph after 17 years, nearly triple the former policy of six years. Get one photo at age 21 and there’s no need to get another until 38. Get one at 38 — don’t return until you’re five years past eligible for an AARP membership.