1984 Reviews

I saw 1984hosting com get mentioned on privacytools io and in other tech communities so I gave them a try I started by registering a new domain with them and was reassured by the privacy notice they provide stating We do not sell privacy protection as all domains are by default protected by GDPR whois masking However once I purchased the domain this is where things go wrong 1 1984 s WHOIS protection does NOT include masking or redacting of the following fields - Organization- State- CountryThis is absurd given that most other domain name providers I have used redacted ALL information If you run a legitimate company but wish to have privacy 1984 hosting is NOT the right provider for the job In some cases those 3 data points are enough information to expose your real identity At the very minimum I would ask of 1984 hosting to be very clear on what fields will be exposed and which ones will be redacted 2 There is NO support This was also mentioned by another reviewer here on Trustpilot and I should ve heeded the warning 3 The domain setup is unbelievably slow in comparison to other providers Lastly 1984 hosting is expensive Namecheap porkbun and epik are significantly cheaper and have provided me with a much better experience customer service and masked all WHOIS information Given the steep price one would expect a superior service and an excellent experience however I experienced none of this at 1984 hosting After this terrible experience I registered a new domain with another provider who masked all of my information the setup was instant and the customer support replied within less than 10 minutes Ultimately no I definitely do not recommend 1984 hosting and I believe they should be delisted from privacytools io before more people fall prey to this ripoff

They allow their websites to publicly dox people they allow doxing on their websites

I ordered a VPS server from them for a rather large sum The server doesn t respond in SSH so I can t access it Support is completely non-existent and doesn t answer any of my e-mails I d advise against it

Ordered vps and after a week of use they banned it by a freaking reason - someone somehow supposedly tried to breach VOIP and brute SSH of a some other server Support is replying only few words per day and I m just slowly losing paid period I gave full information and explained I have only Docker and GitLab CI CD and nothing else Still silence

This nominally commercial entity botched the registration process to block me from accessing my domains It s a state affiliated business Iceland built a reputation for protecting free speech see immi from 2010 but now u do not see visible dissenting opinions broadcasting from Iceland For good reason It s not because they don t know how to

We have used 1984 s VPS server for about 4 years The VPS has support for snapshots backups and general functionality you would expect for a VPS hosting service 1984hosting is very good for being a privacy-focused service You can pay with Monero erase your whole account if wanted no need to provide name address or anything personal The bandwidth is slow 100mbps and ping to Iceland may not always be the best but with the benefits mentioned above 1984hosting seems like a trustworthy company in my eyes

I have been using this hosting for several years and am generally happy It is great that there is a dns ptr setting The only downside is that there is no support for ip v6