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Re: WhoisGuard Privacy Protection is now free

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Post by slig »

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 only read good things about them here on HN, but their website design put me off. It looks like them haven't updated it for a decade.

On the "Create new account" page, their captcha is just a table with black/white background colors to create the letters. Never seem something like that before, and it can be trivially bypassed.

Re: WhoisGuard Privacy Protection is now free

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Post by elahd »

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,…

.NYC requires that the owner have a physical presence in New York City. In addition to the standard whois owner/tech/billing/etc contact sections, .NYC requires a "Nexus" contact -- basically, a NYC-based address of either a person or business affiliated with the domain.

See http://www.ownit.nyc/faq, under "WILL PROXY REGISTRATIONS, SOMETIMES CALLED “DOMAIN PRIVACY” BE ALLOWED ON MY .NYC DOMAIN NAME?"

Basically, it's the registrar's policy to prohibit obfuscating the actual domain owner. Resellers like Namecheap have to abide by these policies.

I can't speak for EU domains, or for the reasoning behind the .NYC policy.

Re: WhoisGuard Privacy Protection is now free

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Post by otterpro »

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 moved to NameSilo as well few years ago.

Re: WhoisGuard Privacy Protection is now free

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Post by joering2 »

ausjke wrote: post #35

Dreamhost has this since forever for free, along with many others, why is this even a HN post, seems more like a late-arrived commercial ads to me.

Their table to see how they stand up against competitors is hilarious! So many free privacy providers since ever like Dreamhost, Namesilo, BrandShelter, Marcaria (some TLDs), but yet you look at that table and you think "wow they are the only one".

I take it as a deceiving advertising.

Re: WhoisGuard Privacy Protection is now free

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Post by bmarquez »

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 ).

Switched from Namecheap to Namesilo a few years ago for free privacy, I've had no problems with it.

Re: WhoisGuard Privacy Protection is now free

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Post by ploggingdev »

Tangent : what happens to the whois guard if I want to transfer a domain between providers (eg- namecheap to google)? I've heard that during the transfer the whois guard has to be disabled. This means that services such as Domain Tools will log the whois data. Is this true? If so, is there any way to transfer a domain between providers while keeping contact details out of the public whois database?

Re: WhoisGuard Privacy Protection is now free

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Post by weinzierl »

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,…

DENIC (.de) has had it’s own policy including their own form of protection for a long time.

Currently you can query for generic data and an abuse email address but the contact details are only revealed if you are the domain holder or have a solid reason[1].

> In all other cases, DENIC will generally not provide information. Instead, if you think that the contents of a website that can be accessed via a domain may be illegal, you should send an e-mail reporting the matter to the e-mail address for abuse reports (Abuse). You find the e-mail address on the domain query page. Moreover, the imprint, if any, of the website concerned will inform you who is the operator of the website.

To add some additional context, a proper, up-to-date imprint, including a postal address (no P.O.) and in most cases a phone number, is legally required for practically every website in Germany

[1] https://www.denic.de/en/service/whois-service/third-party-re...

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