Server hosting
1984 privacy rating
Icelandic provider of web hosting, VPS, email and free DNS, running on its own network (AS44925) and hardware. Accepts Bitcoin and Monero.
Summary
1984 scores 43 out of 100 (grade D) on the server hosting criteria. It meets 3 of 12 criteria: no ads or data sales, TLS configuration and anonymous payment. It partly meets no trackers or telemetry, independent audit and transparency report. It does not meet open source, tells users about requests, security headers, mail-friendly (port 25), Reverse DNS and IPv6. It is based in Iceland: Not in the Five, Nine or Fourteen Eyes; EEA member (GDPR). Automated tests: SSL Labs grade A and Mozilla HTTP Observatory grade C.
Score 43 out of 100. How scoring works
Criteria
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Partial
No trackers or telemetry Weight 3 of 3
Are the website and apps free of third-party trackers, with any analytics anonymous and any telemetry off by default?
No third-party trackers; the website runs self-hosted Matomo analytics by default.
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Yes
No ads or data sales Weight 2 of 3
Is the product funded without advertising, ad targeting or selling user data?
Funded by paid hosting, and the terms say customer information is not provided to third parties for marketing.
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Partial
Independent audit Weight 2 of 3
Has an independent security or privacy audit been published within the last three years?
Only the ISO 27001 certificate from BSI is public, not the audit report.
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Partial
Transparency report Weight 2 of 3
Does the provider regularly publish how many government and legal requests it receives and how it responds?
The terms say access information is released only under a valid court order, and court documents from contested cases are published, but no request counts.
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No
Tells users about requests Weight 1 of 3
Does the provider promise to tell users about requests for their data, unless a court forbids it?
No published policy on notifying users about data requests.
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No
Mail-friendly (port 25) Weight 1 of 3
Is outbound port 25 open by default, or opened on request?
Not documented. The VPS page and FAQ do not say whether outbound port 25 is open.
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No
Reverse DNS Weight 1 of 3
Can reverse DNS (PTR) records be set for IPv4 and IPv6?
Not documented. The VPS page and FAQ do not mention reverse DNS.
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No
IPv6 Weight 1 of 3
Is native IPv6 included?
Not documented. The VPS page and FAQ do not mention IPv6.
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Yes
Anonymous payment Weight 1 of 3
Can servers be paid for with cryptocurrency or without identity checks?
Bitcoin and Monero are accepted.
Automated tests
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Yes
TLS configuration Weight 2 of 3
Does the website pass the Qualys SSL Labs test with a grade of A or better?
Grade A
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No
Security headers Weight 1 of 3
Does the website pass the Mozilla HTTP Observatory test with a grade of A or better?
Grade C (55/100+)
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Not tested yet
Modern web standards Weight 1 of 3
Does the website score 90% or higher on the Internet.nl website test?
Not tested yet.