<html><head></head><body> <div>My relays are hosted on OVH. Hope there would no problems. Any ideas how paypal knew? This is concerning.</div><div><caret></caret><br></div><div></div><div><br></div><div id="protonmail_mobile_signature_block"><div>Sent from ProtonMail Mobile</div></div> <div><br></div><div><br></div>On Thu, Mar 11, 2021 at 6:25 PM, <<a href="mailto:volker.mink@gmx.de" class="">volker.mink@gmx.de</a>> wrote:<blockquote class="protonmail_quote" type="cite"> <div class="WordSection1"><p class="MsoNormal">Oh.</p><p class="MsoNormal"> </p><p class="MsoNormal"><span lang="EN-US">That seems to be something new…</span></p><p class="MsoNormal"><span lang="EN-US">Does something with “TOR Server” show up in the bill or receipt? Perhaps this could be a reason.</span></p><p class="MsoNormal"><span lang="EN-US"> </span></p><p class="MsoNormal"><span lang="EN-US">I have three VPS running at Keyweb, Exone and VPSMalaysia – and they are all payed with paypal.</span></p><p class="MsoNormal"><span lang="EN-US"> </span></p><p class="MsoNormal"><span lang="EN-US"> </span></p><p class="MsoNormal">Best regards,</p><p class="MsoNormal">volker <span style="font-family:"Segoe UI Emoji",sans-serif">😊</span></p><p class="MsoNormal"><span lang="EN-US"> </span></p><p class="MsoNormal"><span lang="EN-US"> </span></p><p class="MsoNormal"><span lang="EN-US"> </span></p><div style="border:none;border-top:solid #E1E1E1 1.0pt;padding:3.0pt 0cm 0cm 0cm"><p class="MsoNormal"><b>Von:</b> tor-relays <tor-relays-bounces@lists.torproject.org> <b>Im Auftrag von </b>potlatch<br><b>Gesendet:</b> Donnerstag, 11. März 2021 00:42<br><b>An:</b> tor-relays@lists.torproject.org<br><b>Betreff:</b> [tor-relays] I was banned from PayPal</p></div><p class="MsoNormal"> </p><div><p class="MsoNormal">Today I received a message from PayPal that paying for Tor relay server leases was a direct violation of my usage agreement. I have been paying off-shore VPS hosts for my Tor server leases with PayPal for at least ten years. Very interesting that they act now.</p></div><div><p class="MsoNormal"> </p></div><div><p class="MsoNormal">They specifically state the ban was for: </p></div><div><p class="MsoNormal">Providing file sharing services or access to newsgroups; or selling alcoholic beverages, non-cigarette tobacco products, e-cigarettes or prescription drugs/devices.</p></div><div><p class="MsoNormal">They further state that the ban is permanent and not reversible. </p></div><div><p class="MsoNormal"> </p></div><div><p class="MsoNormal">I liked using PayPal because it was a safe way to pay and didn't expose my credit card information. Before PayPal I used a prepaid card which I will probably go back too. </p></div><div><p class="MsoNormal">--Potlatch</p></div><div><p class="MsoNormal"> </p></div><div><div><p class="MsoNormal"> </p></div><div><p class="MsoNormal">Sent with <a href="https://protonmail.com">ProtonMail</a> Secure Email.</p></div></div><div><p class="MsoNormal"> </p></div></div></blockquote><div><br></div><div><br></div></body></html>