I built a no-KYC privacy directory with incident-based trust scoring (and a map of who's been sanctioned)
Over the past few months I've been building dontkyc.me , a directory of services — VPNs, email, hosting, exchanges, wallets, forums — that don't require ID verification to use. It's grown into something a bit more interesting than a plain list, so I wanted to write up how the two core pieces actually work, not just announce it. The problem I kept running into A service's marketing page looks…
Over the past few months, the author has been working on a directory called "dontkyc.me" that lists services like VPNs, email, hosting, exchanges, wallets, and forums that don't require ID verification. The site has grown beyond just a simple list and now includes unique features such as privacy scores, trust scores, and explicit KYC levels for each service.
The trust score is dynamic and based on a service_incidents table that contains information about seizures, breaches, forced policy changes, and scam reports, each with a date, source, and impact value. This allows the author to show the trajectory of a service's trust score over time, rather than just providing a snapshot. Additionally, the site includes a Sanctions & Restrictions Radar, a world map that shows incident-related activity in specific countries.
This map updates in real-time, allowing users to see how the situation has changed over time. The author emphasizes transparency and the importance of doing one's own research when using these services.
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