Comment on Discord Shuts Down Servers for Switch Emulators Suyu & Sudachi; Disables Lead Developers Account As Well

• Crafter72@lemmy.world ⁨5⁩ ⁨weeks⁩ ago

  I’ll explain it in layman’s terms…

  • There is always a price (inconvenience) for secure-ness in online world.
  • There’s 2 option to host a forum,
    1. You can use service like forum hoster or rent a VPS (so you can setup your own server although not self-hosting).
    2. Self-host yourself (this one a bit tricky if you aren’t prepared).
  • Learn some good basic OpSec habit (eg. Never use same password, Never put your personal detail in your active directory especially on your site source document, use 2FA and so on).
  • Learn to spot a phising or malicious link and never to randomly click random link in an email (in times when someone tried to social engineering you).
  • Use reputable service provider if you are not going to self-host yourself.
  • If you happen to self-host, make sure to check your open ports and secure them. Bots always probing any site in the world!

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  • madcaesar@lemmy.world ⁨5⁩ ⁨weeks⁩ ago

    Hm not really sure this answers what I mean. If you are hosting a site, how do you stop corps demanding your name from the hosting provider and going after you?

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    • Crafter72@lemmy.world ⁨5⁩ ⁨weeks⁩ ago

      Sadly for that matter it is more to the legal area.

      For identity they can catch you either from email or the payment info. For email you can make one easily, but for payment search a provider that accept virtual (credit) card, or get something that accept crypto wallet.

      Yeah, online exposure can point you sooner or later depending how motivated the party that seek you.

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• merthyr1831@lemmy.world ⁨5⁩ ⁨weeks⁩ ago

  try !privacy@lemmy.ml as I’m not 100% on this stuff

  but basically:

  some third party hosts let you sign up anonymously with an anonymous email etc.

  Only ever connect to the server host via VPN

  Get a domain with anonymous WHOIS protection

  Stick it all behind a reverse proxy

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  Technically Nintendo or whoever could demand your proxy/host to stop doing business with your account, but they won’t have enough personal info to go beyond that and you can just rehost it under new info.

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  • madcaesar@lemmy.world ⁨5⁩ ⁨weeks⁩ ago

    How would you pay for the hosting without being exposed?

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