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"At minimum, U.S. IaaS providers must gather and retain specific identifying information from potential foreign customers and foreign beneficial owners to verify their identity, including their:

Name; Address; Means and source of payment; Email address; Telephone number; and “IP address(es) used for access or administration and the date and time of each such access or administrative action.”

I'm pretty sure all IaaS providers already have all that (except maybe the phone number which is not mandatory



I doubt that they'd typically verify that the name and address are accurate. Unlike opening an account at a bank or getting a cell phone connection (at least where I live) which require ID in a form that the government approves of.


With vultr you just need an email address and you can pay with Bitcoin.




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