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		fhaldridge7 on April 10, 2022 \| parent \| context \| favorite \| on: Mozilla Thunderbird Beta now supports Matrix chat When I tried to sign up they required me to send in a picture of my passport. Is this just me or did you guys have to do the same?

rsolva on April 13, 2022 | [–]

Signed up from Norway, did not have to give more than the usual name, address and email. No passport.

emptysongglass on April 10, 2022 | [–]

It's the unfortunate reality of many VPS providers nowadays. To be fair, in moat cases Hetzner will also let you pay up front to validate.

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