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OVH definitely doesn't, but this requirement by Hetzner is news to me. Do you know how long this has been in place?
by lucideer 9y ago
OVH definitely doesn't, but this requirement by Hetzner is news to me. Do you know how long this has been in place?
- dx034 9y agoI can't remember that I ever provided it but I heard this a lot. They say that it significantly lowers fraud rates. It's not a legal requirement. Interestingly enough, it's debatable if copies of state-issued IDs are even allowed in Germany (there were courts saying that practices like this are illegal). EDIT: apparently that's legal now, see the answer below. I don't like the practice but believe their argument, hosting services attract a lot of bad actors and this will probably filter out most of them from the start.
- germanier 9y agoCopying ID cards in Germany has been made explicitly legal in July 2017 through a change of the relevant law.
- projectramo 9y agoI saw Hetzner cloud upvoted on here about 3 months ago and I liked the pricing so I tried to sign up, and they asked me to send them a copy of my ID. So at least 3 months.