Re: [tor-talk] Secure hosting

[Mirimir <mirimir@xxxxxxxxxx>]

On 10/29/2014 02:19 PM, elrippo wrote:
> On Montag, 27. Oktober 2014, 07:06:31 CJ wrote:
>> On 10/26/2014 01:21 PM, Johnny Cash wrote:
>>> I'm setting up a blog and I need a secure hosting service.
>>>
>>> First, I signed up with HostGator, but received an email telling me I
>>> needed to call and confirm my account. When I did, they told me my
>>> application was rejected, because they refuse registrations made over the
>>> TOR network, due to abuse (to be fair, other proxies too).
>>>
>>> Second, I tried SiteGround, but their live chat requires a plugin, which
>>> could reveal my location.
>>>
>>> Since the Snowden documents revealed government complicity, I won't use
>>> GoDaddy, because of their relationship with Microsoft products.
>>>
>>> Last, I'm looking at host, A Small Orange, but they're based in Texas (like
>>> HostGator), and that entire state makes me hear the theme music from the
>>> Empire play in my head: dum, dum, duh, dum. ::chills::
>>>
>>> Can anyone recommend a good hosting site for a WordPress blog?
>>>
>>
>> What about having some small device [at home] running some wordpress
>> instance and a Tor Hidden Service? This means:
>> - no way to know who's behind the content unless you let traces (like
>> captcha…)
>> - you "own" the hardware, you can put it wherever you want
>> - thus you know who's accessing the device (physically I mean).
>>
>> Downside: users must use Tor in order to access it, or any tor2web
>> gateway that aren't pwned by some gvt instance, if any.
>>
>> Cheers,
>>
>> C.
>>
> Did you try digitalocean.com?

Upvote for digitalocean.com :)
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