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

Tanous tanous at protonmail.com
Sun Dec 10 13:29:33 UTC 2017


Yes, that was the standard procedure.
But, unfortunately, this time they answered that there is no other way to unlock my account.
I will find another ISP to run an exit relay.
Best Regards,
Tanous

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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 8, 2017 6:52 AM
> UTC Time: December 8, 2017 8:52 AM
> From: sebastian at urbach.org
> To: tor-relays at lists.torproject.org
>
> Hi,
>
> I'm a online.net customer for a few yeas (france) and never have been asked
> for an id card or social media account. Every few month or so i get a
> complaint regaring my fast Exit (500 mbit+). I have to respond within 48 or
> 72 hours (do no recall exactly) via their web console and everything is
> fine. If there is no reply within this timeframe they block the system.
>
> Hope that helps.
>
> Sincerely yours / M.f.G. / Sincères salutations
>
> Sebastian Urbach
>
> We can igenore reality, but we cannot ignore
> the consequences of ignoring reality.
>
> Alissa Sinowjewna Rosenbaum (1905-1982)
>
> Am 8. Dezember 2017 02:56:09 schrieb niftybunny
> abuse at to-surf-and-protect.net:
>
>> I do not think they will compromise and this is “normal” behaviour for a
>> ISP from Europe. Online.net http://online.net/ is cheap, fast and has
>> good support. I would send them what they demanded. In Germany you have to
>> send them a copy of your passport before they even get you a server. Got
>> this with Hetzner. So, nothing to worry about.
>> Cheers,
>> Markus
>>
>>> On 8. Dec 2017, at 02:41, Tanous tanous at protonmail.com wrote:
>>> 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
>>>>> mailto:tanous at protonmail.com> wrote:
>>>>> it is Online.net http://online.net/.
>>>>> Sent with ProtonMail https://protonmail.com/ Secure Email.
>>>>>
>>>>>> -------- 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 mailto:abuse at to-surf-and-protect.net
>>>>>> To: tor-relays at lists.torproject.org mailto: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
>>>>>> mailto: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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