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Tried to register a domain with google domains and got this email from nominet:

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Hi,

Your recent application to register the domain name covidchart.co.uk has been submitted to Nominet by your registrar. Nominet is the central registry for .uk domain names.

The application has triggered some automated checks and will not been accepted until you provide some additional information.

This means that the domain name will not work as an internet address until you have contacted us and we agree that it should be accepted and activated.

Please provide us with the following by email to abuse@nominet.uk:

1. A copy of some verification of your identity, such as a passport, driving licence or national identity card, together with a close up photograph of yourself holding your identification; and

2. Your reason for registering the specified domain name.

We may request further documentation, and in some cases may request that you join us in a conference telephone or video call.

Yours sincerely .UK Customer Services. Tel: +44 (0)1865 332244 E-mail: abuse@nominet.uk Web site: https://www.nominet.uk

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The domain was to host a chart that is pulling covid data from John Hopkins (nothing dodgy). Just surprised that nominet asks users to send documents like passports via email, seems really insecure to me.

Just thought I'd let everyone know that it's not a good time to register anything relating to covid in the UK currently.