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by thejosh 4650 days ago
Nost hosting companies require a drivers license or similar, very few don't anymore.

Softlayer and Hetzner are the two that I remember needing this, both seemed fine with my expired one I scanned ages (2008 or something) ago - I couldn't be bothered scanning my new one.

But really, it might stop some people but it's easy enough to fake it if you really wanted to do something bad.