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

Tanous tanous at protonmail.com
Fri Dec 8 01:41:59 UTC 2017


Thanks Markus, I'll ask them if there is another way to unlock my account.
In this situations i'm never certain if I have been hacked or something...
Regards,
Tanous

> -------- Original Message --------
> Subject: Re: [tor-relays] ISP is aking me to send a selfie holding my identity card
> Local Time: December 7, 2017 11:26 PM
> UTC Time: December 8, 2017 1:26 AM
> From: abuse at to-surf-and-protect.net
> To: tor-relays at lists.torproject.org
>
> Same happened here. Sent them their stuff they demanded and 2 days later my account was restored and they are “fine” with abuse.
>
> Cheers,
>
> Markus
>
>> On 8. Dec 2017, at 02:24, Tanous <tanous at protonmail.com> wrote:
>>
>> it is Online.net.
>>
>> Sent with [ProtonMail](https://protonmail.com/) Secure Email.
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>>> -------- Original Message --------
>>> 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
>>>
>>> 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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