WhoisGuard Privacy Protection is now free • Hacker News Board

Re: WhoisGuard Privacy Protection is now free

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Post by zimbatm » Tue, May 29, 2018, 1:09 PM UTC

chris_overseas wrote: post #8

Can someone explain in more detail why they aren't able why they aren't able to cover certain TLDs (including several falling under GDPR in the EU)? Their FAQ says: "Due to registry restrictions, WhoisGuard cannot be used with .asia, .ca, .cn, .uk, .co.uk, .de, .eu, .in, .id, .me, .uk, .nu, .li, .ch, .fr, .sg, .com.sg, .org.uk, .us, .es, .com.es, .nom.es, .org.es, .com.au, .net.au, .paris, .vote, .voto, .xn--3ds443g,…

It's what it says, for some extensions, whois information is managed by the registry. Namecheap is legally obliged to provide the registrant information to the registry and they publish the whois information.

The same restriction also applies to other name registrars like Gandi: https://wiki.gandi.net/en/domains/private-registration

Re: WhoisGuard Privacy Protection is now free

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Post by akerro » Tue, May 29, 2018, 1:10 PM UTC

keltex wrote: post #10

It's always been free at google domains. https://domains.google/#/

Yes, but now it's free in non-Google service, that's a pron for some.

Re: WhoisGuard Privacy Protection is now free

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Post by zimbatm » Tue, May 29, 2018, 1:12 PM UTC

Notice how they don't compare against Gandi which provided the same service for free for a long time already.

https://wiki.gandi.net/en/domains/private-registration

Re: WhoisGuard Privacy Protection is now free

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Post by timwis » Tue, May 29, 2018, 1:16 PM UTC

I've had my whoisguard at namecheap unexpectedly not renew several times, despite my having enabled auto renew, and the domain auto renewing. As a result my info was exposed until I caught it. I've migrated most of my domains to iwantmyname.com. much nicer experience so far. .io domains are really cheap at namecheap though so I haven't migrated them yet :/

Re: WhoisGuard Privacy Protection is now free

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Post by imron » Tue, May 29, 2018, 1:27 PM UTC

mdasen wrote: post #16

stratosgear wrote: post #12

Earlier quoted context omitted.

Mind to share what you choose to use?

NameSilo is a couple dollars cheaper than Namecheap and include free privacy as well ( https://www.namesilo.com/pricing.php ).

I second NameSilo.

Re: WhoisGuard Privacy Protection is now free

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Post by imron » Tue, May 29, 2018, 1:28 PM UTC

akerro wrote: post #22

keltex wrote: post #10

It's always been free at google domains. https://domains.google/#/

Yes, but now it's free in non-Google service, that's a pron for some.

It's always been free at NameSilo (at least as long as I've been a customer, which is several years now).

Re: WhoisGuard Privacy Protection is now free

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Post by _wmd » Tue, May 29, 2018, 1:35 PM UTC

tradesmanhelix wrote: post #17

I just renewed a domain with Namecheap and, based on the price they're now charging, pretty sure the cost of this “free” whois privacy protection is now just built into the cost of their products. Not impressed. Edit: spelling

I trawled for free whois privacy a few years back and found " rel="nofollow">https://internetbs.net/>. For a registrar I can't complain, it's cheap and the offer hasn't disappeared. Now all my domains live there.

Re: WhoisGuard Privacy Protection is now free

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Post by joering2 » Tue, May 29, 2018, 1:36 PM UTC

timwis wrote: post #24

I've had my whoisguard at namecheap unexpectedly not renew several times, despite my having enabled auto renew, and the domain auto renewing. As a result my info was exposed until I caught it. I've migrated most of my domains to iwantmyname.com. much nicer experience so far. .io domains are really cheap at namecheap though so I haven't migrated them yet :/

Namecheap web design is very poor. They always plaster new feature on the top without deeper implementation. Many times I click a button only to see empty red box missing any obvious error message.

Besides I still have fun blocking my ex-employer namecheap account time to time. All you need is provide their username with wrong password 4 times and account is locked. You have to go thru extensive re-verification process. Its hilarious and totally unnecessary in the times of 2FA.

Besides namecheap has a long tradition of not standing up for your domain name. If they are pressed by someone offended by your content, they will take down your domain and take over it. That was few posts on Web Warrior I found years ago from terrorized people that made me change all my domains to namesilo.

Re: WhoisGuard Privacy Protection is now free

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Post by PakG1 » Tue, May 29, 2018, 1:37 PM UTC

mdasen wrote: post #16

stratosgear wrote: post #12

Earlier quoted context omitted.

Mind to share what you choose to use?

NameSilo is a couple dollars cheaper than Namecheap and include free privacy as well ( https://www.namesilo.com/pricing.php ).

Yup, happy switcher from Namecheap to NameSilo for a while now.

Re: WhoisGuard Privacy Protection is now free

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Post by joering2 » Tue, May 29, 2018, 1:38 PM UTC

_xgw wrote: post #2

Is this because of the new GDPR regulations?

Great domain provider i second that. Furthermore for us domains they have customer support directly in usa. Namecheap customer support is outsourced to romania. I dont have anything against it but i rather have my us based domains names looked at by us-personel.