I've been thinking about this this last week, while mucking about with an intro post.
Why would a photo or a desttop post count as verification ? Or is it simply it takes more effort to fake and therefore the sort of people who fake are lest likely to bother ?
And why do people 'fake' anyway ?
Exactly...but well, apparently taking a picture of "you" is more valid or legit. If verification is really needed it should be implemented by Steemit itself as any other methods are embarrassing in my opinion. I'll gladly provide other accounts which are trustable if there (Google, Facebook, Linkedin etc).
I think I'm just not ready to link my personal life to my public "bank account" at Steemit.