[tkiolp4]

I’ve tried two times (once 1 year ago and one more time one month ago) without success to register an account on Hetzner. They always end up either directly rejecting me or asking for my ID/passport. There’s simply no chance I’m giving a copy of my passport (which is not even a guarantee of admission) to such a private company. I guess I’ll stay with digital ocean.

[TigerTeamX]

I would say the same for almost any company, but I've been with Hetzner for like 7 years and the prices, support and up-time is unbeatable. They're this German company, and if anyone knows Germans there are very keen on security. I trust my ID there more than I do at any bank that have it.

[aborsy]

Yeah, like, why should I give a copy of my passport to sellers? It’s not norm.

It could be used by a disgruntled employee for identity theft. Or they dump them in an insecure location that is breached.

[mmsnberbar66]

> There’s simply no chance I’m giving a copy of my passport

why?

[TechBro8615]

You could try giving it to them and blurring the passport number. They're not doing anything extreme with it and I doubt they're even checking it against any database - they just want to stop fraud and disincentivize bad actors from using their network. I'm sure if you asked they would be fine with a blurred passport number and a recorded Skype call to verify you're the same person as in your passport photo.