[tor-relays] ISP is aking me to send a selfie holding my identity card

Tanous tanous at protonmail.com
Fri Dec 8 01:24:31 UTC 2017


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> Subject: Re: [tor-relays] ISP is aking me to send a selfie holding my identity card
> Local Time: December 7, 2017 10:57 PM
> UTC Time: December 8, 2017 12:57 AM
> From: abuse at to-surf-and-protect.net
> To: tor-relays at lists.torproject.org
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> DigitalOcean demanded access to my FaceBook and Twitter account for verification …
> I do not own a Twitter or Facebook account …
>
> Which ISP is it?
>
> Cheers,
>
> Markus
>
>> On 8. Dec 2017, at 01:54, Tanous tanous at protonmail.com wrote:
>> Hi,
>> Im running an exit relay for 116 days. Today i received an email from my ISP saying that my account has been locked for security reasons.
>> They asked me to send a copy of my identity card and a selfie holding it. I found that very odd and i feel uncomfortable sending that data to them.
>> Should i give up to running my exit relay and find another ISP?
>> By the way, i had received an abuse complaint a day before, due to Brute force attempts.
>> Best Regards,
>> Tanous
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