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How private is Obsidian Publish for web hosting?

Privacy Guides Community [Unofficial] May 23, 2026
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Greetings all,

Does any one know how private it is to use Obsidian Publish for creating websites?

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Obsidian Publish

Obsidian Publish is the easiest way to publish your wiki, knowledge base, documentation, or digital garden.

This is an example of an Obsidian website.

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For those who know, what are the payment options for Obsidian (I can’t seem to find it without an account)? From what I can assume, the most private way to pay is going to be with a virtual card. Some additional tips: use an email alias for an account; if you don’t want Obsidian to know your IP, use a VPN; if you are concerned with fingerprinting, use a private browser whenever you access your account on the website.

Another question: Has any one read their privacy policy?

Privacy with Obsidian

Now the main part of the post. Are there any privacy concerns with using Obsidian to make something like a blog? I imagine that it might be easier for me because I don’t need to be concerned with WHOIS (since we can use the default publish.obsidian.md domain), but I don’t actually know. Is there any thing else I should be concerned with if my goal is to compartmentalize my identity? I am not demanding full anonymity from Obsidian, but that the average, every day person within my audience can’t link the blog to me. Does Obsidian offer that?

Thanks you

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