Immigrants do not have an ID for up to a few years when they move to Germany. Just this week the Berlin immigration office stopped issuing plastic residence cards for budget reasons, so people get a sticker in their passport.

Passport recognition is also spotty. The ID verification providers used by banks do not recognise Indian passports.

Will we exclude a few million people because it’s too expensive to verify that they are over 18?

Add this to “falsehoods programmers believe about ID verification”.