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by thatwasunusual 1160 days ago
So how do you explain that I never have had to show an ID?
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Just because Hetzner has had processes that can involve ID checks if deemed necessary for a long time doesn't mean that they check ID for everyone.
I understand that. I'm trying to figure out why I'm - and several others - are "special."
A large statistical model, likely run by some third-party attestation service, said so. It's mostly used to refuse service where governments require that (say, no service for North Korea), or to people known to repeatedly do fraud, etc. But false positives occur; sometimes an inspection by a human helps (send an ID).