@Kath9: I do require Guests to be verified. But, as I asked, what good does it do to me (Host) that the guest provided "government ID", etc? AirBnB didn't share the Guest's government ID photo and deciphering basic physical traits based on the photo they did provide wasn't even possible. It seems that Host's should be supplied with a decent quality photo of the Guest so that they can tell, as a minimum, the gender of the Guests to whom they're giving their house keys to, no?
It also seems that Airbnb should follow thru on their standard requirements claim and provide Host's with Guests "Confirmed phone number" (in my case, the number was invalid) and where they live (his AirBnB profile claimed that he lived 4500 kilometers away, yet he lives less than 100km). Thoughts?