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I might go a further step, to: 1. Why does some webhost think it gets to ask for your passport? Lol the second they get hacked you have a world class identity
by JohnHaugeland 6y ago
I might go a further step, to:
1. Why does some webhost think it gets to ask for your passport?
Lol the second they get hacked you have a world class identity theft nightmare
Go to a host where asking for your most protected personal information isn't part of doing business. This is absolutely ridiculous
- chappi42 6y agoThere are bad actors. I don't know details but suspect that passport requirements help with deterring them. If Hetzner gets a bad reputation it affects all their customers. Nice that you have options which meet your wishes. But I like the way Hetzner is doing business (not to mention the great quality-price ratio which is hard to find elsewhere).
- da_big_ghey 6y agoNo kidding. Linode does a good job for cheap VPS machines, as do DigitalOcean and Vultr, and they don't feel the need to ask for identity documents. I haven't heard of big cloud providers (AWS, Azure, etc.) doing that either. Perhaps this is some quirk of German law? In any case, that would be an immediate reason not to do business with them.