My relays are hosted on OVH. Hope there would no problems. Any ideas how paypal knew? This is concerning.
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On Thu, Mar 11, 2021 at 6:25 PM, volker.mink@gmx.de wrote:
Oh.
That seems to be something new…
Does something with “TOR Server” show up in the bill or receipt? Perhaps this could be a reason.
I have three VPS running at Keyweb, Exone and VPSMalaysia – and they are all payed with paypal.
Best regards,
volker 😊
Von: tor-relays tor-relays-bounces@lists.torproject.org Im Auftrag von potlatch Gesendet: Donnerstag, 11. März 2021 00:42 An: tor-relays@lists.torproject.org Betreff: [tor-relays] I was banned from PayPal
Today I received a message from PayPal that paying for Tor relay server leases was a direct violation of my usage agreement. I have been paying off-shore VPS hosts for my Tor server leases with PayPal for at least ten years. Very interesting that they act now.
They specifically state the ban was for:
Providing file sharing services or access to newsgroups; or selling alcoholic beverages, non-cigarette tobacco products, e-cigarettes or prescription drugs/devices.
They further state that the ban is permanent and not reversible.
I liked using PayPal because it was a safe way to pay and didn't expose my credit card information. Before PayPal I used a prepaid card which I will probably go back too.
--Potlatch
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