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Thrashed

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  1. comment
    Comment #49029613

    I agree, it's not an excuse to hand over an account. I think that commenter was considering practical mitigations for a broken system, not necessarily absolving NC of responsibilit…

  2. comment
    Comment #49029261

    Yeah the domain was/is locked. The domain wasn't transferred - the NC account that owned the domain was handed over. I also moved from Godaddy to NC. For me it was 2013 when GoDadd…

  3. comment
    Comment #49029154

    I think their point was that if WHOIS data were hidden, a password reset request that relied on providing the email address would've been impossible. But since NC's account managem…

  4. comment
    Comment #49029136

    Yes it was enabled but it's unclear to me how effective it would've been in this case. I attempted to login after support changed the password, but prior to the club president conn…

  5. comment
    Comment #49028611

    I did have domain privacy enabled. NC allows people to initiate a password reset via username, email address, or domain name. I was a happy customer right up until this incident. A…

  6. story
    Tell HN: Namecheap gave my account to an unverified third party

    I’ve been a NameCheap customer for 13 years. I’ve also helped out an old college club paying for a .com they use (that is registered to me under my name, address, and phone number)…