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Why do you have to dox yourself in Germany?

I think he is referring to this section 3 https://www.denic.de/en/content-pool/denic-domain-terms-and-...

To register a .de domain you need to give your address and legal name. And your national ccTLD is usually the only one that you are sure won't get pulled under you because there are some legally binding rules around it unlike .tv or .me

Its because of "Impressumspflicht" which requires me to have my legal name, address and phone number in an imprint on my website.

Is that specifically related to the Germany ccTLD or because you live in Germany? What would be the consequences of just... not doing it? Who even knows where a website author lives or publishes from?

If you are publishing from your own (German) domain in Germany, you will need to add an impress with your personal address.

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