But an ID where you need none of the verifying details other than age is useless. I could use anyone's ID, black out the information other than the date, and show that to you and you'd have no way to prove otherwise. That's what verification means.

All you're doing is information duplication. You're asking the same question twice, without other information to prove anything.

I mean, you absolutely shouldn't require more information, because again you don't seem to understand how this information works. But an ID with only a date is not an ID.

I mean, this is setting aside that almost all IDs have identifying numbers, barcodes or similar data that links to a real database they can be checked against, etc, and that there are steps beyond guessing that an ID looks fake, but.