The stated justification is that it somehow catches forgeries that altered the front of an ID but didn’t make the barcode information match. That might have been justifiable in like 1980 or something, but it’s reaaaaaaally not hard to generate the correct barcode these days if you’re forging an ID.
The real reason is to track and sell more data about you.
Why would they do that? What’s the use of scanning it?
It validates against the states license database to confirm it’s a legitimate ID and not a fake.
The stated justification is that it somehow catches forgeries that altered the front of an ID but didn’t make the barcode information match. That might have been justifiable in like 1980 or something, but it’s reaaaaaaally not hard to generate the correct barcode these days if you’re forging an ID.
The real reason is to track and sell more data about you.
Prevents fake IDs. Or, makes them much harder really.
I think some states might literally require it
It’s for the children’s safety, like age verification