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.
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.
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.
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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.
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.
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.
why?
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.