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submitted 2 months ago* (last edited 2 months ago) by jawa21 to c/privacy@lemmy.world

Make sure that you tell your registrar that you want to be anonymous.

Edit: wow I missed the phone number censor. I guess that proves my point even farther.

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[-] spankmonkey@lemmy.world 6 points 2 months ago

Seems pointless if everything is redacted.

Whois is extremely helpful for non-malicious purposes just like phone books used to be.

[-] nick@midwest.social 12 points 2 months ago

Great for spammers too. I’ll stick with my privacy.

[-] corsicanguppy@lemmy.ca 1 points 2 months ago
[-] AnUnusualRelic@lemmy.world 7 points 2 months ago

That was before the Internet turned hostile by default. It didn't last, sadly.

[-] Creat@discuss.tchncs.de 3 points 2 months ago

Usually the information has to be public is the registering entity is a company, and can be private (and I think it's by default) if it's by an individual. It shouldn't be possible to have private company registrations. This of course depends on the TLD, but might have implications on some jurisdictions independent of that (like when using a site of any TLD inside the EU).

[-] LWD@lemm.ee 2 points 2 months ago

Ever seen this movie scene about a guy who got his name in the phone book?

[-] ajikeshi@lemmy.world 2 points 2 months ago

yeah... not having an readily available admin-c will just lead to the domain and ip getting bad reputation in case there is the slightest issue

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