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Re:Matthew Prince on why Cloudflare offers a free version an... by oefrha on Sunday October 18, 2026 @05:54AM (#50139552)
> I think some don’t at first (eg Azure, Hetzner)

What, Hetzner requires sending the image of a passport or other photo ID just to open an account (as a U.S. customer), unless they relaxed that in the past few years. They’re among the worst, or just the worst since I don’t recall another provider doing that.

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Re:Matthew Prince on why Cloudflare offers a free version an... by mschuster91 on Sunday October 18, 2026 @07:14AM (#50139991)
> or just the worst since I don’t recall another provider doing that.

They're a German company and thus bound to German telecommunications law.

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Re:Matthew Prince on why Cloudflare offers a free version an... by oefrha on Sunday October 18, 2026 @07:34AM (#50140125)
Something special about German law here? I’ve used other European providers e.g. OVH and Scaleway (French) and none required photo ID.
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Re:Matthew Prince on why Cloudflare offers a free version an... by mschuster91 on Sunday October 18, 2026 @10:26AM (#50141394)
Yes. §172 TKG: https://www.gesetze-im-internet.de/tkg_2021/__172.html
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