> Can you tell me why this is preferable to having someone look at an ID and verify it with their eyeballs? For one, it doesn’t scale. The average sales clerk

> Can you tell me why this is preferable to having someone look at an ID and verify it with their eyeballs? For one, it doesn’t scale. The average sales clerk is not qualified to correctly identify a valid ID. IIRC it takes about three months of training for someone to be able to do that, it also requires time and tools (at least a magnifying glass and an UV light).