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Comment by fapjacks | Hacker News Reader

I can't be happy enough that my money is going to a company willing to say and do these things. Thank you so much, OVH! Mad respect!

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I could not agree more. My money also goes to them.

I once ordered a server from them, they took my money and then asked me to send a scan of my passport. I told them no and eventually got a refund. Seems weird that they're fighting for privacy now.

I can understand a hosting provider not wanting to host for just anyone (or at least charging a premium for unknown customers), but do people actually send scans of their passports? Seems like asking for identity theft to me.

Never happened here, EU citizen though. It could be that they are required to do so by EU law, rather than because they just love to have your personal details.

seems strange. what about people who do not have passports? are they out of luck? any reasons provided why they needed a passport explicitly?

That's weird. I'm in the US and have never been asked for this kind of detail when buying servers from OVH. Maybe it has something to do with payment method and country of origin?

Come on, they're doing it for business reasons, not ideology.

And that doesn't count... why?

The fact that they realize that it's better business to be anti-surveillance is even more reason to celebrate.

It doesn't count because the day it will be a better deal to be pro-surveillance they will reverse their stance on the subject.

You can't trust a company.

I agree but, for the moment, it's worth a bit of happiness.

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