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• i_stole_ur_taco@lemmy.ca ⁨6⁩ ⁨days⁩ ago

  My domain is still set to a former address of mine and I never bothered to update it fifteen years later.

  You could provide an address for your registration… sometimes people make typos.

  If there’s truly an audit or verification it’ll be easier to explain a typo than why you said you live at “123 Eat Shit Ave”.

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  • I2jgwh0hYtxrCZQ@lemmy.sdf.org ⁨5⁩ ⁨days⁩ ago

    I just use a free PO Box service. Then the Whois guard on top.

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    • Captainvaqina@sh.itjust.works ⁨5⁩ ⁨days⁩ ago

      There’s a free po box service?

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  • happeningtofry99158@lemmy.world ⁨5⁩ ⁨days⁩ ago

    lol. thanks a lot!

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• pigeonholedpoetry@sh.itjust.works ⁨5⁩ ⁨days⁩ ago

  There’s privacy guards these days. Namecheap even offers it for free now.

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• savvywolf@pawb.social ⁨5⁩ ⁨days⁩ ago

  Most registrars have some form of whois protection now, so the only people who can easily see it are the registars themselves (and the government that controls them).

  Assuming you’re paying for a domain using real money, they’ll need your information on file as part of the online payment anyway, so using a fake id doesn’t really hide anything from them.

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• IsoKiero@sopuli.xyz ⁨6⁩ ⁨days⁩ ago

  Do they really care enough to check your info manually if you don’t use your domain name for malicious purposes?

  Depends on TLD how strict the checks are, but generally you’re at least violating TOS by doing it and can lose your domain should someone actually check the info. A lot of registrars provide at least whois-security, so they’ll know your real details but won’t share them openly to anyone who asks. I assume if you get into something illegal and court orders to release the data then they’ll happily comply instead of hurting their own business.

  But if you just want to keep your real name and address out of the internet, that would be enough at least for me.

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  • happeningtofry99158@lemmy.world ⁨6⁩ ⁨days⁩ ago

    good to know!

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• ShittyBeatlesFCPres@lemmy.world ⁨6⁩ ⁨days⁩ ago

  You can give your info to the registrar and then make it anonymous to whois domain.tld searches so it’s not public. Cloudflare is the registrar I use these days because it’s a one-stop shop and used the company address but, at least in the U.S., they need your info for both credit/debit card processing. (Processing fees are cheaper the more info they provide but usually any address with the same zip code is enough.)

  If you have nefarious plans, I don’t have a good recommendation. But if it’s just about privacy, I don’t know if it’s really possible to be completely anonymous anyway. I guess you could use a gift card or something but at least in the U.S., if you own or buy a house, your address is public info already anyway. Shit, city hall will probably give you blueprints of any house.

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  • happeningtofry99158@lemmy.world ⁨5⁩ ⁨days⁩ ago

    I don’t really plan on going total anonymous as I don’t have any bitcoin, it’s just that I don’t want cloudflare, a company to have access to my name and address without having to go through some Legal procedures. The domain is going to associate with my real ip anyway. For me it is good enough that my name is not in whois database or go public

    and thanks a lot for providing these info. I guess I’m just going to put in false info and argue that is typo in the future. The most I’m gonna loss is 80$

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• gdog05@lemmy.world ⁨6⁩ ⁨days⁩ ago

  I’ve had 123 Sex Drive as the address on one of my donations for over a decade now. If it’s personal use stuff, not business, you’re fine to put in whatever.

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  • happeningtofry99158@lemmy.world ⁨6⁩ ⁨days⁩ ago

    lol that’s a relief to hear

    but it’s been a decade maybe the policy have changed nowadays?

    according to @PhilipTheBucket@ponder.cat

    They definitely do check. I don’t know how detailed the checks are or how major a crime it is to use someone else’s info, but there are enough checks in place, you can’t just type in Porky Pig or made-up nonsense or anything

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    • gdog05@lemmy.world ⁨6⁩ ⁨days⁩ ago

      I mean, it renews every year. The worst case scenario is it’s against the TOS of the registrar and they can suspend your domain. Do with that what you will of course. Also, I was doing that with another domain but fixed it when I moved it to porkbun with their free anonymity service. I wasn’t going to pay domain.com’s ridiculous fees for it.

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• hodgepodgin@lemmy.zip ⁨5⁩ ⁨days⁩ ago

  Just use WHOIS protection (which should be free, but whatever).

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• darklamer@lemmy.dbzer0.com ⁨5⁩ ⁨days⁩ ago

  I’ve had a couple of domains (including one .com) registered under a made-up name for several years, nothing interesting ever happened.

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• pineapplelover@lemmy.dbzer0.com ⁨5⁩ ⁨days⁩ ago

  I use porkbun and they don’t use my PII

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• anamethatisnt@sopuli.xyz ⁨6⁩ ⁨days⁩ ago

  Might wanna look at njal.la
  Unless you’re planning on distributing cp or anything like that it should give you the layer of privacy you want.

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  • happeningtofry99158@lemmy.world ⁨6⁩ ⁨days⁩ ago

    I was going to use their service, but I came across this thread: blackhatworld.com/…/is-njalla-still-legit.1521208…, where many people are saying that njal.la is a scam. This is making me have second thoughts.

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    • HelloRoot@lemy.lol ⁨5⁩ ⁨days⁩ ago

      • People do illegal stuff on domain.
      • Njalla gets legal complaint.
      • Since njalla doesnt know your personal info, all they can do is shut down the domain
      • People cry that they were scammed by njalla for “no reason”

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    • Avalokitesha@programming.dev ⁨5⁩ ⁨days⁩ ago

      I mean that’s a black hat hacking forum. That alone would make me question what they were doing with their domains x)

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• 3dcadmin@lemmy.relayeasy.com ⁨5⁩ ⁨days⁩ ago

  Never used to be any issues but recently I’ve had some real fun trying to get stolen domains back after the details were either wrong or false… you can do it, but it takes time and a heck of a load of cash

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• sga@lemmings.world ⁨5⁩ ⁨days⁩ ago

  I recently did that and my account was banned. It was not expensive (~$1), but still felt bad

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• happeningtofry99158@lemmy.world ⁨6⁩ ⁨days⁩ ago

  reddit.com/…/when_registering_domain_name_should_…

  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?

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  • slazer2au@lemmy.world ⁨6⁩ ⁨days⁩ 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)

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    • StrawberryPigtails@lemmy.sdf.org ⁨6⁩ ⁨days⁩ 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.

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    • happeningtofry99158@lemmy.world ⁨5⁩ ⁨days⁩ 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?

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• AA5B@lemmy.world ⁨5⁩ ⁨days⁩ ago

  What’s your goal in using fake info? If it’s general privacy, it’s easy enough to register where your info is private to the registrar

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• CompactFlax@discuss.tchncs.de ⁨5⁩ ⁨days⁩ ago

  I used my work address. My work is small enough that it’ll filter to me eventually if they snail mail me.

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• 52fighters@lemmy.sdf.org ⁨5⁩ ⁨days⁩ ago

  Will a .onion site work for you instead? No registration, no cost, and easy to self-host.

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• rimu@piefed.social ⁨6⁩ ⁨days⁩ ago

  Using fake information is mandatory otherwise you'll get doxed - the domain ownership is public information, including your full name, physical address, email address and phone number. If someone knows you own the domain, they can look it up using whois.

  I got death threats that way, one time.

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  • Auli@twit.social ⁨6⁩ ⁨days⁩ ago

    @rimu @happeningtofry99158 not even true. Mine shows nothing but the registar.

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  • owenfromcanada@lemmy.ca ⁨5⁩ ⁨days⁩ ago

    Many DNS providers offer privacy options. They’ll put their own information in the WHOIS database and forward relevant stuff to you.

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    • SheeEttin@lemmy.zip ⁨5⁩ ⁨days⁩ ago

      Yeah this has been standard since GDPR. Anyone not doing it is decades behind.

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    • rimu@piefed.social ⁨5⁩ ⁨days⁩ ago

      Sounds like I need a better DNS provider!

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• Kolanaki@pawb.social ⁨6⁩ ⁨days⁩ ago

  I did back in highschool, but I have to imagine things are way different now than they were then. I mean, shit, it only cost like $5 when I had one, and I wasn’t 18 yet so all my info was made up.

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  • happeningtofry99158@lemmy.world ⁨6⁩ ⁨days⁩ ago

    do you still have your domain?

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    • Kolanaki@pawb.social ⁨6⁩ ⁨days⁩ ago

      No. I only had it for 2 years. The domain looks like it’s currently unused too. (Burninhell. com)

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