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Argentine version of Google falls into “wrong” hands

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Re: Argentine version of Google falls into “wrong” hands

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Post by lostlogin »

y-c-o-m-b wrote: post #12
wrs wrote: post #10

Earlier quoted context omitted.

There are many such services, which will not only alert you but automatically try to buy the domain for you. Search for “domain backorders”.

Oh wow even GoDaddy provides the service. Interesting. Thanks!

Keeping it classy as always.

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Post by jaywalk »

101008 wrote: post #15
throwaway3699 wrote: post #5

Earlier quoted context omitted.

Google gets enough DNS traffic that I doubt you could just sit on it for very long. Not without an expensive bill.

But what if you just point to original Google DNS servers?

Not sure why you're getting downvoted. Setting the NS records to their original values would make the whole thing transparent unless you dug into the domain ownership.

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Post by gtirloni »

HowardStark wrote: post #18
cyberlab wrote: post #6

If you're looking for domains potentially getting 'dropped' by Google, look no further: https://infogalactic.com/info/List_of_Google_domains

Took a quick glance and noticed that this article is claiming "duck.com" is owned by Google, even though it redirects to DuckDuckGo. That domain has Namecheap's Whois Guard enabled, so there's no registrant information. However, I'm still inclined to think that it isn't Google's domain since the NS records for "duck.com" point to "nsXX.quack-dns.com"...

In December 2018, it was reported that Google transferred ownership of the domain name Duck.com to DuckDuckGo. It is not known what price, if any, DuckDuckGo paid for the domain name

https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/DuckDuckGo

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Post by butt__hugger »

Sephr wrote: post #19
HowardStark wrote: post #18

Earlier quoted context omitted.

Took a quick glance and noticed that this article is claiming "duck.com" is owned by Google, even though it redirects to DuckDuckGo. That domain has Namecheap's Whois Guard enabled, so there's no registrant information. However, I'm still inclined to think that it isn't Google's domain since the NS records for "duck.com" point to "nsXX.quack-dns.com"...

iirc this was originally owned by Google and then given to DDG.

This is correct. It used to redirect to Google.

Re: Argentine version of Google falls into “wrong” hands

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Post by ThothIV »

Google will sell you domains that it doesn't own. I've purchased .MX and .CO.UK domains from them just recently. I've purchased Thoth.zone, Thoth.mx and Thoth.pw from them. From networkingsolutions.com I've bought thoth.domains. It's a crazy turf war situation right now, given the broad international legal overlaps and so on and so forth.

Re: Argentine version of Google falls into “wrong” hands

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Post by FredPret »

gtirloni wrote: post #24
cyberlab wrote: post #6

If you're looking for domains potentially getting 'dropped' by Google, look no further: https://infogalactic.com/info/List_of_Google_domains

Does anyone know what cobrasearch.com was?

It’s like Find My iPhone but much scarier

Re: Argentine version of Google falls into “wrong” hands

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Post by jordanmoconnor »

HowardStark wrote: post #18
cyberlab wrote: post #6

If you're looking for domains potentially getting 'dropped' by Google, look no further: https://infogalactic.com/info/List_of_Google_domains

Took a quick glance and noticed that this article is claiming "duck.com" is owned by Google, even though it redirects to DuckDuckGo. That domain has Namecheap's Whois Guard enabled, so there's no registrant information. However, I'm still inclined to think that it isn't Google's domain since the NS records for "duck.com" point to "nsXX.quack-dns.com"...

Wouldn't it be funny if DDG was actually Google.
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