I have to give my ID to buy website hosting. I have to give it to open a bank. I have to provide it for setting up a e-commerce store.
Like, what privacy are you expecting when money is exchanging hands between a major company and a person - one that is required to track all those details and hand them to their government?
I can't remember the hosts name, but I did get asked to send my DL to a hosting service. I did a free trial and tried to sign up, at the end I was asked to send a picture of my DL. I told them I would find a host that knew what they were doing, and deleted my account. This was probably five or six years ago, too. I do agree though, no other host has tried to pull this on me.
Hetzner requires ID these days, not sure if it's for all new accounts or based on some sketchy algorithm but it's happened to more than one person I know.
Not sure why you're being downvoted.
I have to give my ID to buy website hosting. I have to give it to open a bank. I have to provide it for setting up a e-commerce store.
Like, what privacy are you expecting when money is exchanging hands between a major company and a person - one that is required to track all those details and hand them to their government?
You expecting Twitch to pay you in crypto?
Who is asking you to provide ID to purchase or rent a web hosting server?
Ionos. AWS. And now Hetzer (which I just did yesterday)?
Am I on a list or something because I'm being downvoted for sharing what I have to do to buy web services.
I know for a fact they do not require ID.
You sure it's not your BANK requiring it to verify your identity because you used a credit card?
What ID are you providing for web hosting? Literally never done this, just payables info.
I can't remember the hosts name, but I did get asked to send my DL to a hosting service. I did a free trial and tried to sign up, at the end I was asked to send a picture of my DL. I told them I would find a host that knew what they were doing, and deleted my account. This was probably five or six years ago, too. I do agree though, no other host has tried to pull this on me.
I needed my driver's license to prove that I was who I said I was with my credit card with ionos.
Crazy. I had Hetzner, Vultr, Linode, Rackspace (back in the day when they did that), never had to prove my identity.
Hetzner requires ID these days, not sure if it's for all new accounts or based on some sketchy algorithm but it's happened to more than one person I know.
Maybe things changed?
Hetzner asked me for my passport. I just signed up yesterday out of curiosity.
I guess so. Jeez. As of a month ago, Vultr and Linode did not.