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skillissuer@discuss.tchncs.de ⁨1⁩ ⁨year⁩ ago

bitcoin-qt? but what are you trying to do? what are you trying to hide from? in other words, what is your threat model?

crypto is sketchy. stablecoins are two notches sketchier, and probably less private. just because you’ll pay in crypto doesn’t mean you won’t be linked to that transaction, AND your provider needs to accept whatever crypto you choose. at minimum you have to get crypto in question in some way. there are many other non-crypto options

are you trying to set up vps for all your pirating needs? you can pick a country that doesn’t give a fuck about it, and if all else fails, go there and pay in cash. this will leave less traces. are you trying to spin up a botnet or brand new terrorist organization? you are probably fucked no matter what you do

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ultrahamster64@lemmy.world ⁨1⁩ ⁨year⁩ ago

what are trying to hide from?

From the goverment (not US one). I need VPS for basically accessing many normal sites (like spotify, or twitter for example) that are banned in my country.

just because you’ll pay in crypto doesn’t mean you won’t be linked to that transaction

Well, I’ve heard some info about crypto not being completely anonymous, but I think it would be much harder to trace, than a credit card that has my name and adress on it.

there are many other non-crypto options

I’m honestly open to discover those.

you can pick a country that doesn’t give a fuck about it, and if all else fails, go there and pay in cash

My VPS is now in netherlands. No way in hell I can travel there in reasonable amount of time and money. And I’m pretty sure no VPS providers that are accessible to me allow to pay in cash.

I hear what you are saying, but cryptocurrency route is for now, for me the most optimal way to atleast somewhat up my security. Again, if you have any methods to pay online anonymously (and that works not just in the US) I’m all ears.

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- Tippon@lemmy.world ⁨1⁩ ⁨year⁩ ago
  Some services will take gift cards. You find out the amount you need to pay, and convert it to your currency, buy a gift card in cash for the amount, then send the code from the gift card to the service.
  
  You have to trust that they won’t just run off with the funds, but the whole point is to pick a service that you trust in the first place.
  
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- skillissuer@discuss.tchncs.de ⁨1⁩ ⁨year⁩ ago
  is tor (maybe with bridge) an option?
  
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  - ultrahamster64@lemmy.world ⁨1⁩ ⁨year⁩ ago
    Tor nodes are getting agressivly blocked, it either connects so long it errors out, or don’t connect at all
    
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    skillissuer@discuss.tchncs.de ⁨1⁩ ⁨year⁩ ago
    tb-manual.torproject.org/bridges/
    
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