9 min read
Cancelling a No-KYC VPS: What Happens to Your Data, IP and Account
Cancelling an anonymous VPS? What really happens to your disk, IP and account when you stop paying in crypto — plus a wipe-and-offboard checklist.
Blog topic
privacy
22 published articles
7 min read
Running a Tor Relay or Bridge on a Romania VPS: Bandwidth, Abuse and What Hosts Allow
Can you run a Tor relay or obfs4 bridge on a Romania VPS? Bandwidth math, torrc accounting limits, exit vs non-exit abuse risk, and what to verify first.
9 min read
Using a Romania VPS as Your Own Proxy: What a Datacenter IP Can and Can't Unblock
Can a Romania VPS replace a proxy service? What a dedicated datacenter IP really unblocks, where it gets flagged, setup options and plan sizing.
7 min read
Remote Desktop on a No-KYC VPS: Sizing, Latency and What It Actually Hides
Can you run a Linux desktop on an anonymous VPS? Realistic RAM sizing, protocol choice, bandwidth use, Bucharest latency and what a cloud desktop can't hide.
10 min read
One No-KYC VPS or Two? Separating Your VPN, Hosting and Backups
Should your VPN exit, public website and backups share one VPS? How splitting workloads across two cheap no-KYC servers changes privacy, risk and cost.
10 min read
Anonymous VPS Access: Does Logging In From Home Undo Your No-KYC Privacy?
You paid with Monero, then SSH'd in from your home IP. Here's what that actually reveals, when it matters, and how to reach a no-KYC VPS without linking it to you.
10 min read
Switching to a No-KYC VPS: How to Migrate Without Re-Linking Your Identity
Leaving a KYC host for an anonymous VPS? The identity trails that follow a migration — domains, DNS, TLS, payments, backups — and how to cut each one.
9 min read
Offshore Hosting: Romania vs. Other Privacy Jurisdictions Compared
Romania, Switzerland, Iceland, the Netherlands or Panama? An honest comparison of offshore VPS jurisdictions on law, takedowns, latency and real privacy.
12 min read
Paying for a VPS with Monero, Bitcoin or Litecoin: Fees, Confirmations and Privacy Trade-Offs
Which coin should you use to pay for a no-KYC VPS? A practical comparison of XMR, BTC and LTC on fees, confirmation times, refunds and real privacy.
6 min read
Run Your Own Monero Node on a VPS: Setup, Firewall and Real Privacy Limits
Deploy monerod on a Linux VPS: install, config, systemd hardening, firewall rules, private wallet access over WireGuard or Tor — and honest privacy limits.
11 min read
What Your VPS Provider Can Actually See (and What No-KYC Changes)
An honest breakdown of what a VPS host can see: disk, RAM, traffic, console, billing data — plus what no-KYC and crypto payment really remove.
10 min read
Romania VPS Hosting and EU Jurisdiction: What the Law Actually Means for Your Data
How Romanian and EU law affects a privacy-focused VPS: GDPR, struck-down data retention, DSA notice-and-action, cross-border evidence orders, and no-KYC limits.
9 min read
Self-Hosted VPS Monitoring Without SaaS Agents: Prometheus, Netdata and Uptime Kuma
Build private VPS monitoring with no third-party agents: node_exporter over WireGuard, Prometheus alerts, Netdata telemetry off, and external uptime checks.
11 min read
Hiding Your VPS Origin IP Behind a CDN: Every Leak Path and How to Close It
How origin server IPs leak past Cloudflare and other proxies — DNS history, CT logs, mail, scanners — plus firewall, nginx and mTLS fixes that actually work.
10 min read
Self-Hosted DNS Resolver on a VPS: Unbound, DoT/DoH and Honest Privacy Limits
Run your own recursive DNS resolver on a VPS with Unbound: DNSSEC, DoT/DoH, ACLs that prevent open-resolver abuse, cache tuning — and what it can't hide.
12 min read
Anonymous Domain Registration and Private DNS for a Privacy-Focused VPS
How to register a domain with minimal identity exposure, pick DNS hosting that doesn't leak, and avoid Certificate Transparency and PTR correlation.
10 min read
How to Migrate a VPS to a New Provider With Minimal Downtime
A practical VPS migration plan: inventory, DNS TTL, rsync and database cutover, TLS certs, dual-run testing, rollback, and safely decommissioning the old server.
9 min read
VPS Log Minimization: Anonymize IPs, Shrink journald and Set Real Retention
A practical guide to reducing logs on a Linux VPS: anonymized nginx logs, volatile journald, auth/shell history cleanup, retention rules and honest trade-offs.
10 min read
How to Pay for a VPS with Monero Without Deanonymizing Yourself
A practical opsec guide to buying a VPS with Monero: where the money trail leaks, wallet and node choices, account hygiene, and what crypto payment can't hide.
9 min read
Tor Onion Service on a VPS: Setup, Hardening and Honest Limits
Run a v3 Tor onion service on a Linux VPS: torrc config, nginx binding, client auth, PoW DoS defense, key backups — and what an onion address can't hide.
10 min read
Self-Hosted WireGuard VPN on a VPS: Full Setup, DNS Leaks and Honest Limits
Step-by-step WireGuard VPN setup on a Linux VPS: keys, nftables NAT, IPv6, DNS leak prevention, kill switch, MTU fixes — plus what self-hosting can't hide.
10 min read
VPS Full Disk Encryption: What LUKS Really Protects on a Remote Server
An honest technical guide to LUKS disk encryption on a VPS: what it protects, what it can't, remote unlock with dropbear, and safer alternatives.