Why didn't they just argue that rather than a name per se it's a unique identifier. It's a bit weird, but presumably you could address someone as Dear 0176935

Why didn't they just argue that rather than a name per se it's a unique identifier. It's a bit weird, but presumably you could address someone as Dear 01769357 A photo on a driver's license is inherently lossy, it would be unreasonable to expect a perfect image of your face.