The problem with Texas driver's licenses, is that they store your complete and personal history (that is known to them in their databases) on the magnetic tape, not just your ID #, and active status.
It's one of the reasons they scan it when you buy over the counter cold medication and you are only allowed to buy one per month.
The TPTB just don't need to know certain information, and they have trained the younger generations that there is no harm in just giving the information up, and don't see m to understand why certain people won't comply.... after all, if you've done nothing wrong, there's no harm in giving the information... /s
That and most of today’s kids just don’t see our concern for privacy. They’re wired into Facebook, their smartphones, etc. They put all their stuff oput there and can’t understand why we don’t want to.