How to protect privacy when renting a server?

[kolaps]

Hi! I would like to know if you guys have any tips regarding privacy: What do you think is the best way to protect privacy? Fake info - then what if they ask for ID? Real info to a trusted provider? - then how to be shure that they won't give it out? I know that giving a fake info will not make us invisible, as it will still be possible to trace me (paypal account, etc) but well, i guess it would make things a bit more complicated... Any tips? Thanks!

kolaps Reviewed by kolaps on 24th Dec 2010. How to protect privacy when renting a server? Hi! I would like to know if you guys have any tips regarding privacy: What do you think is the best way to protect privacy? Fake info - then what if they ask for ID? Real info to a trusted provider? - then how to be shure that they won't give it out? I know that giving a fake info will not make us invisible, as it will still be possible to trace me (paypal account, etc) but well, i guess it would make things a bit more complicated... Any tips? Thanks! :) Rating: 5

[Djlatino]

Never give it out your info. It's the worst decision you can do.

[SplitIce]

Reverse Proxy it.

[kolaps]

Hi


I might agree with never give out personal info, but what about payment? When you pay you are never anonymous, even if you use an account with fake info, it has to be founded at one point, so you are always traceable...

I guess that it makes more trouble for eventual prosecutors to find who and where you are but well, is that enough?

Thanks for your answers anyway!

[kolaps]

Can anybody recommend a serious provider?

[l0calh0st]

As SplitIce said, Reverse Proxy.

[iHate]

If you want a good service i recommend going with
itexpertsltd.com and pay the extra 35 euros a month
and they manage the server completely for you i.e.
security, uptime, updates and everything else from a
server point of view and they resell OVH Servers at same
price as ovh website (last time i checked)

[kolaps]

Yeah, reverse proxy with a trusted provider can be a good way to host the content in a cheap place & keep this place safe Thanks for the idea Are there other serious reverse proxy providers than SplitIce?

[SuicidalMedia]

You can send money anonymously to their bank account, you can send money via WesternUnion, if you chose the WU option. All they will have is your name, which you can easily protect by sending someone to pay for you (everyone would agree to pay something if you give them 5-10$ ) ...

90% of the Russian DC's will accept money and they won't ask any questions. Same goes for the bulletproof hosting from Israel, Ukraine, and some other countries like those. To get the list of the DC's who offer such things you can go on any forum for XRumer related discussions. You will find most of the bulletproof hosters there. Because all of them rent their servers to the spammers.

You need to know that servers in those countries cost a lot money.

[bxflow]

How about domain registries, your payments somehow will be traced, takes time but it can be traced