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Is "hoster" a valid word? I do not see it listed in dictionary.com. If you hosted a party, would you be a "party host" or a "party hoster"?
It is in Germany (but you are right, it’s incorrect if used in English).
I have a question. Do they always ask for passport scan and credit card photograph, or I fall under some special category which makes me suspicious? Going by the rave reviews, I ordered the 512 MB vps to evaluate, and was greeted by an email asking for my passport and credit card photograph. I don't feel like doing business with them anymore. I am a bit uncomfortable about sharing my credit card info. But since I alr…
No, they would turn you down because you cannot present to them their risk guarantee criteria that enable their low prices.
Are there legal issues to think about when storing data on German servers?
Their VPS service looks fantastic also: http://www.hetzner.de/en/hosting/produktmatrix_vserver/vserv... Their 2GB plan is 3x cheaper than Linode…and you get over 4x the data transfer! Does anyone know how the performance compares?
I have a question. Do they always ask for passport scan and credit card photograph, or I fall under some special category which makes me suspicious? Going by the rave reviews, I ordered the 512 MB vps to evaluate, and was greeted by an email asking for my passport and credit card photograph. I don't feel like doing business with them anymore. I am a bit uncomfortable about sharing my credit card info. But since I alr…
I have a question. Do they always ask for passport scan and credit card photograph, or I fall under some special category which makes me suspicious? Going by the rave reviews, I ordered the 512 MB vps to evaluate, and was greeted by an email asking for my passport and credit card photograph. I don't feel like doing business with them anymore. I am a bit uncomfortable about sharing my credit card info. But since I alr…
> The would turn me down because I am concerned about my financial transactions? No, they would turn you down because you cannot present to them their risk guarantee criteria that enable their low prices.
What kind of risks are they putting up with without a photograph of my credit card?
Stolen cards? People deactivate their cards when the cards are lost. And if people don't, then the thief has an active credit card and can very well send the copy.
I won't make my payments? How does the photo of my credit card help? It makes sure I have a credit card - it doesn't make sure you can make transactions on my card(limit reached, card blocked, payment disputed) etc.
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> The would turn me down because I am concerned about my financial transactions? No, they would turn you down because you cannot present to them their risk guarantee criteria that enable their low prices.
> No, they would turn you down because you cannot present to them their risk guarantee criteria that enable their low prices. What kind of risks are they putting up with without a photograph of my credit card? Stolen cards? People deactivate their cards when the cards are lost. And if people don't, then the thief has an active credit card and can very well send the copy. I won't make my payments? How does the photo o…
My company provides a free online form service and I've banged my head regarding the abuse that hits the fans: Nigerian spammers using our service to do identity theft, disguised password collection forms, harvester accounts being automatically created on a daily basis and what not. I'd hate to imagine what Hetzner has to put up with.
Ultimately it's their choice to set their abuse verification threshold and their prices, and your choice to accept it or go elsewhere.
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> No, they would turn you down because you cannot present to them their risk guarantee criteria that enable their low prices. What kind of risks are they putting up with without a photograph of my credit card? Stolen cards? People deactivate their cards when the cards are lost. And if people don't, then the thief has an active credit card and can very well send the copy. I won't make my payments? How does the photo o…
Banks might be less likely to reverse a charge if you have a photo of the credit card and an ID of its holder. [citation needed] My company provides a free online form service and I've banged my head regarding the abuse that hits the fans: Nigerian spammers using our service to do identity theft, disguised password collection forms, harvester accounts being automatically created on a daily basis and what not. I'd hat…
> Banks might be less likely to reverse a charge if you have a photo of the credit card and an ID of its holder. [citation needed?]
Yes, citation needed.
Another situation would be you have the photo of my credit card and my ID and you charge me 100x in place of x. What is the bank to do when I dispute the payment? Let it slide because you have the photocopies?
Also, there mail says:
> We are going to save the document submitted for a period of 3 weeks.
So either they are lying(I haven't read the t&c though; quoting from the mail) or having the copies doesn't do anything.
> Ultimately it's their choice to set their abuse verification threshold and their prices, and your choice to accept it or go elsewhere.
Oh they are free to be as ridiculous as they want to be. That doesn't change the fact that I can call the practice ridiculous, irrespective of whether I am doing business with them or not.
Are there legal issues to think about when storing data on German servers?
The German government is a good defensor of Internet freedoms, along with the Netherlands and Scandinavian contries.