[bruce511]

It's not requiring you to submit a passport. That is just one of the options.

Feel free to use a different option.

[casenmgreen]

There are two options;

1. Paypal 2. Passport

I do not have Paypal, and would not do passport.

That's fine - Hetzner's business belongs to them. I did not criticize that no options could be viable; only that passport was an option that should not be in use.