Haha, I was the one to ask that question because I would be quite interested myself. 
But yes, this is how PG is running currently AFAIK. 
For the DB, I know that people can use sharding or other fancy ways but a basic sync could also be good enough I guess depending on the needs. 
No idea how I missed your message, but yes, that is absolutely correct. You can use Servury to self host services, which could be anything that runs on the internet. That could be an XMPP server, Plex, a website, and so on.
Thank you for the kind words about the blog posts, they are always a blast to write.
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Unfortunately, Privacy Guides doesnāt have a category for VPSs yet. You should apply for kycnot.me. They have the VPS categories that suit your products.
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I understand that breaking the law is forbidden
- Any activity that violates applicable laws (US law and laws of your jurisdiction)
does this mean P2P is not allowed or is it just any sort of illegal P2P activity will get your account banned?
The first thing I thought was this could make a nice platform for a private seedbox.
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Well, essentially, our suspensions work with abuse reports, so if we EXPLICITLY receive an abuse report for your server IP, we process it and suspend your server. But your account wonāt be banned in that case, youāll still be able to request your server to be reinstated for 4.99$ (which is the same price as an IP change) and subsequently assign a new IP to your server.
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I just went ahead and applied to kycnot.me : Servury | KYCnot.me
I just requested verification, so it is currently unlisted.
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@ybceo You should probably add a link in the first post in this thread.
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Great idea, I just did. Are you personally aware of any other listing websites which could be interesting for Servury?
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I am thinking of adding an eSIM product line, this way things could go full circle : anonymous connectivity ā anonymous infrastructure.
Do you guys have any recommendations? Would you personally find the anonymous eSIM product line a valuable addition to Servury?
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With cellular, thereās the issue of the persistent IMEI and IMSI identifiers and location tracking that you have to contend with, and I donāt think thereās a good way to deal with that. You could avoid collecting personal data and that would be cool, but calling it anonymous would be false advertising IMO. Whatever provider youāre using for your MVNO is still going to see all your customersā locations at all times while theyāre connected and be able to track them around.
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I would be interested if the price is reasonable and it works in South Asia.
By the way, do you use your own hardware for Servury? Or you rely on large cloud/datacenter providers?
Our lowest priced server option is priced at 15.59 / month (55 cents for 1 day). We have Singapore as a location in Asia and looking to find a reliable provider in Tokyo eventually.
As for hardware, we currently do not own the hardware, we instead work with individuals and other providers which are privacy friendly. However, locations where we own the hardware and do collocation in datacenters will be coming soon.
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True, however, think of this situation :
User purchases an e-sim and constantly routes all of their traffic through Tor or a VPN.
What would the MVNO be left with? Unless something is going completely over my head, the only thing they would have is the location of some device owned by someone they donāt know the name of.
If that is correct, which Iām 99% sure it is, the location tracking could definitely still be an issue depending on each userās threat model. But Iām sure that for some, the mere idea of being able to purchase connectivity without even providing a name would be huge. What do you think?
The userās location data at all times, thatās a pretty huge privacy issue. It can be highly identifying as well, I mean who else goes to the same places at the same exact times as you?
I agree but that already exists, at least in America with prepaid phone plans. To me, privacy innovation would involve having randomized and rotating identifiers so thereās no way to link you to your activity.
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Yes, that is to be assumed by anyone using mobile networks to connect to the internet, so I guess youāre right, it would be impossible to call such service āanonymousā.
>To me, privacy innovation would involve having randomized and rotating identifiers so thereās no way to link you to your activity.
Is that even possible? Has it been done before? If it is, you best believe Servury will offer eSIM connectivity in the coming months. Regardless, I will look into that now.
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So Cape claims to offer it through a service called Obscura where theyāll send you a āpreconfigured Android phoneā that can supposedly rotate IMSI and IMEI every day, however thereās not much info on it and itās not available to the general public. Their normal service rotates your IMSI every day I believe but the IMEI will still be static.
Phreeli uses blind signatures to some effect to protect customer data but I donāt think they do anything about IMSI and IMEI.
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