Journalists & researchers
Separate an infrastructure account from public-facing identity while handling sensitive projects.
Private VPS or conventional hosting?
A private VPS changes what you share with a host. It does not replace careful operations, and it is not always the right fit for enterprise procurement.
At a glance
A private VPS account reduces the identity details requested during signup, but it does not remove every record or risk. Compare payment methods, recovery, retention, infrastructure and workload policies together. The right hosting choice depends on the application's needs and your threat model.
| Consideration | Mainstream hosting | SilentVPS model |
|---|---|---|
| Identity | Legal name and billing details often requested | Username; no ID fields |
| Payment | Cards, banks, payment processors | BTC, ETH, SOL, LTC, TRX (Tron), USDT (TRC-20 / ERC-20), USDC (ERC-20) |
| Account | Personal or company profile | Pseudonym plus private order references |
| Operational data | Depends on the provider’s retention policy | Minimal-data design; exact retention pending |
| Tor access | May trigger restrictions or checks | Compatibility planned; onion endpoint pending |
| Warrant canary | Not commonly published | Reserved page; signing setup pending |
| Refunds | Card refund / bank reversal, depending on terms | First monthly order: 7 days after activation; see refund policy |
| Disclosure exposure | Collected records may identify a customer | Fewer identity fields; operational records still need a policy |
Match the model to your needs.
People under pressure
Reduce unnecessary identity collection where your work or communications attract unwanted attention.
Privacy developers
Run onion services, middle relays, private tunnels and reproducible Linux application stacks.
Independent self-hosters
Keep mail, files and applications in a stack you configure instead of an advertising profile.
THE OTHER SIDE OF THE DECISION
A conventional host can be the better fit.
Choose an established enterprise provider if your priority is a named account manager, contractual SLA and procurement paperwork.
Formal compliance attestations (such as SOC 2 or ISO 27001), specific HIPAA or PCI requirements, data-processing agreements, card statements, quick chargebacks and a widely recognised vendor can also matter more than a pseudonymous account. These are not promised by this catalogue.
DECISION NOTES
Understand the limits.
Is privacy-oriented hosting meant for lawful use?+
Yes. The intended workloads are ordinary private infrastructure. A final usage policy is awaiting the operator’s details; privacy is not a promise of immunity or unrestricted hosting.
Does privacy make the VPS slower?+
KVM, NVMe and the listed resources are normal server technologies. Tor can add latency to your access path, but it does not make ordinary applications use Tor unless you configure them to do so.
What do I give up with crypto billing?+
On-chain payments generally do not have card-style chargebacks. Protect your wallet, double-check networks and addresses, and wait for the published refund and renewal rules. An enterprise SLA or compliance certification has not been announced.
Can fewer collected details prevent all disclosure?+
No. Data minimisation reduces available records, but the operator still needs to describe actual retention, jurisdiction and request handling. Those details have not yet been supplied.
How would I migrate an existing service?+
Prepare the new server, copy configuration and encrypted backups, restore and test the application, then change DNS. Keep the old server until the new endpoint is confirmed and the DNS change has propagated.
MAKE YOUR NEXT MOVE QUIETLY
Find your serverYour infrastructure. Your identity stays yours.
Choose the resources you need. Keep the personal details you don’t need to share.