Doxxing

Doxxing (also doxing) is the practice of publishing private, identifying information about an individual online without consent. The term originated in 1990s hacker culture (from 'documents' → 'docs' → 'dox'). Modern doxxing typically involves linking a pseudonymous identity to a real-world legal identity, then publishing home address, workplace, family members, or other details — with the goal of enabling harassment.

For offshore hosting customers — particularly journalists, activists, and operators of services that draw hostile attention — defending against doxxing is part of the threat model. This means: pseudonymous account, no-KYC host, crypto payment with no fiat-banking trail, and a host that's clear about its data-disclosure policies. SilentHosts publishes its court-order policy and only discloses customer data to validly-served local court orders, not to civil parties on demand.