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Checking ID, and ID itself has nothing to do with security - fake ID is as easy to find as candy.
Checking ID has everything to do with revenue protection - preventing people from selling or swapping tickets. The airlines pushed for this FAA rule to stop the trade of tickets which was costing them revenue.