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happeningtofry99158@lemmy.world 1 month ago
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The issue with using fake details is that you risk getting your account suspended. Also, if your domain gets stolen you’ve made it impossible to retrieve because you will have to verify your information.
How can a domain get stolen?
slazer2au@lemmy.world 1 month ago
Someone compromising your account and transferring the domain away, the register being compromised, someone sending you a fake domain renewal notice (this one I have seen happen)
StrawberryPigtails@lemmy.sdf.org 1 month ago
I have 6 domain renewal notices sitting in my Spam folder now.
Another recent one has been notices supposedly from my email provider saying it’s time to renew. That one almost got me.
I really wish GPG signing of emails had actually taken off. Would have solved this type of problem completely.
WhatAmLemmy@lemmy.world 1 month ago
At this point I just don’t click any links in emails related to my accounts. I go directly to the website and login to perform the action. Emails are just a notification.
happeningtofry99158@lemmy.world 1 month ago
thanks a lot!
That means everyone could use whois to look up the name and address associated with a certain domain if no privacy protection is provided by the provider right?
slazer2au@lemmy.world 1 month ago
Some registers will have who is privacy that mask your personal details from the public.