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Re: Anonymous Hacks Epik

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Post by lmm »

bdcravens wrote: post #65
Syonyk wrote: post #37

Earlier quoted context omitted.

If the only ethical way to engage with modern consumer tech is to do a full analysis of the positives and negatives of every aspect of it (which is a position I think has some merit), then the only reasonable conclusion is to simply avoid all of it, because it's all corrupted, at some point or some level, by something someone will find distasteful or worse. I honestly haven't delved deeply into the list of domains ea…

I (and many others) have had good experience with Namecheap.

Most users have good experiences with most registrars. It's only in extreme cases that you find out what character your registrar has.

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Post by kgeist »

Just a few days ago a Russian web host was hacked as well, with a similar statement. I guess they're all exploiting some recently discovered bug in web hosting software.

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Post by shiftpgdn »

bdcravens wrote: post #65
Syonyk wrote: post #37

Earlier quoted context omitted.

If the only ethical way to engage with modern consumer tech is to do a full analysis of the positives and negatives of every aspect of it (which is a position I think has some merit), then the only reasonable conclusion is to simply avoid all of it, because it's all corrupted, at some point or some level, by something someone will find distasteful or worse. I honestly haven't delved deeply into the list of domains ea…

I (and many others) have had good experience with Namecheap.

I had an extremely bad experience with Namecheap with an extremely high value domain (5 letters, dictionary word.) They had a fault on their backend and dropped my domain where it got picked up by a parking service. This happened despite me having paid in advance on time for over a decade. After weeks of going back and forth with Namecheap management I contacted an attorney. Some research hours later we find out Namecheap has absolutely 0 western presence other than some extremely low value holdings companies. In the event you have an issue with Namecheap you would need to go through the Ukrainian court system which isn’t feasible for westerners. I had to write off a domain with a 5 figure valuation due to their incompetence.

High value domains use Mark Monitor. It is their entire businesss and most importantly they’re US based.

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Post by y4mi »

6510 wrote: post #74
pletsch wrote: post #35

Earlier quoted context omitted.

People jump to conclusions? On the internet? No, I don't think that likely

Someone will always be quick to point out they are wrong.

On the internet? No way! There is only civilized discord around with people making rational arguments!

Re: Anonymous Hacks Epik

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Post by conradev »

hellbannedguy wrote: post #39
Syonyk wrote: post #27

Earlier quoted context omitted.

I intend to for future domain registration. - Register.com is an annoying cesspool of value-add upsells and is extremely expensive in the process, with added cost to not have your personal info attached directly to your domain whois. - GoDaddy, other than the creepy ads, has shown plenty of willingness to remove domains hosting content that they don't like, even if it's legal. - I think Google is a registrar, but I'm…

Google is safe, simple, and they never bother you. I'm cheap, but will pay $13 just for piece of mind.

I’m not sure why this is being downvoted

I receive email on my domain, which means that it is the root of all of my security. If you steal my domain or tweak my DNS, you can get my email, and you can reset my passwords.

I have some domains at Namecheap still. I have a FIDO2 key set up for their website, which is good, but I’m not sure that I trust their security. I trust Google more.

Google Domains actually has support, too

Re: Anonymous Hacks Epik

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Post by ted0 »

shiftpgdn wrote: post #73
bdcravens wrote: post #65

Earlier quoted context omitted.

I (and many others) have had good experience with Namecheap.

I had an extremely bad experience with Namecheap with an extremely high value domain (5 letters, dictionary word.) They had a fault on their backend and dropped my domain where it got picked up by a parking service. This happened despite me having paid in advance on time for over a decade. After weeks of going back and forth with Namecheap management I contacted an attorney. Some research hours later we find out Name…

I'm not familiar with this particular case and I'm sorry that you had a bad experience but most of you what have said here is incorrect and frankly absurd. We're a US-based company and most of our executives and owners are US/UK citizens. After over a decade with the company, I've never seen a domain "drop" because of a "backend fault." There are certainly quirky edge cases with obscure registries where bugs can occur but if we're talking a major TLD then it is highly unlikely. Feel free to email me if you want me to dig into it though: ted [at] namecheap.com.

Re: Anonymous Hacks Epik

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Post by smt88 »

shiftpgdn wrote: post #73
bdcravens wrote: post #65

Earlier quoted context omitted.

I (and many others) have had good experience with Namecheap.

I had an extremely bad experience with Namecheap with an extremely high value domain (5 letters, dictionary word.) They had a fault on their backend and dropped my domain where it got picked up by a parking service. This happened despite me having paid in advance on time for over a decade. After weeks of going back and forth with Namecheap management I contacted an attorney. Some research hours later we find out Name…

Very few people reading your comment have high-value domains.

Also, every registrar sends you scary emails before and after a domain expires and enter the redemption period [1].

That means you failed to:

- register for 10 years in advance

- pay attention to your email for at least 60 days (including your redemption period)

- enable auto-pay

If you had done any one of those very normal measures for a high-value domain, you would have kept your domain.

1. https://www.icann.org/resources/pages/domain-name-renewal-ex...

Re: Anonymous Hacks Epik

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Post by SilverRed »

drdeca wrote: post #69
Beaver117 wrote: post #46

I don't get it, didn't anonymous start on 4chan? Why are they attacking this company which is hosting similar content? I thought anonymous used to only attack megacorps

Anonymous isn’t really a single thing, is my impression. Anyone can write “-anonymous” at the end of a message.

It's also what shows up in the "username" section of posts for everyone except admins (maybe other cases)
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