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How would you protect files of a VPS (Virtual Private Server) from snooping by the service provider?

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[–] [email protected] 1 points 1 month ago (2 children)

Do VPSs typical give you LOM? Honest question. Maybe LUKs isn’t good if you can’t console in.

[–] [email protected] 5 points 1 month ago (1 children)

LUKS, or anything that relies on the server encrypting, is highly vulnerable (see [email protected]'s response).

Your best bet would be encrypting client side before it arrives on the server using a solution like rclone, restic, borg, etc.

[–] [email protected] 2 points 1 month ago

Yes. No proof their LUKS prompt isnt tampered with

[–] [email protected] 1 points 1 month ago

Yeah, at least the ones I used have some kind of console/terminal you can use and often you can access BIOS and reinstall the OS if you want.