Hi @Chisako0, unfortunately your reasonable approach misses indeed something:
ID is never given to the host. Even if you have a problem with a guest with « verified ID », you will never get it from the service. An airbnb hotline staffer cannot acces it either.
That doesn’t really matter much, as it’s easy to get a verified id badge with obviously absurd nicknames and a photo taken from a film. (Had that this week)
In most countries outside the US, a private company could not even check criminal records or verify a social security number.
In a global company, to roll out this so called verification process makes sense if you do it for data collection.
I opened the app for the first time on a new phone a few days ago and it proposed to synch my contacts! Why would I do that with a service, which withholds emails anyway and hides phone numbers a few days after checkout? So they can delete former guests phone numbers on my phone as well? “Synching” implies a reading and writing acces. Spamming my contacts would be bad enough.
I believe nobody on this thread was against guests showing their ID at checkin. You have the right to stipulate a house rule that you ask to see an ID before you give access. (Without making a copy, if your local law does not require it).