I hear you.
The new paranoia. Encountered my self and declined.
If a host is so paranoid, then they should not offer AirBnB! No body forces anyone to play host.
"Credit card, scan & send ID, make a selfie, strip naked and send copies of your bank accounts" and whatever else. All when scam & scammer are rampant and more and more sophisticated.
A good elderly friend of my got harassed in this way by Mint House [Hotel] in Dallas prior to arrival and check-in but after having booked and paid online. A firm statement that they "did not disclose that beforehand constitutes a breach of agreement" settled the absurd demand quickly.
Suddenly my friend could check -in without all that ridiculous jazz.
At the end when you end up with a data breach and ID theft and have no clue from where and how it happened they shrug their shoulders like innocent pure virgins and give you a California style slacker WDGAS "Sorry about that" answer.
However, everyone is happy to sell you thereafter ID protection and bombard you with in all ways with any other jazz to "get at your wallet". I'm so disgusted with all this I can't express it! I lived in a former East Bloc country, East Germany. even there it wasn't that crazy bad.
Best of luck!