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

[niftybunny]

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:
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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 <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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