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I'm pretty certain that godaddy either sells your customer data to spammers, or makes it trivially easy for spammers to access it. How do I know? Because years
by Chirael 17y ago
I'm pretty certain that godaddy either sells your customer data to spammers, or makes it trivially easy for spammers to access it.
How do I know? Because years ago I registered a few domains with a godaddy-specific address (godaddy@myhost which was an alias for my real account), and I can't tell you the unbelievable amount of spam I got through that address over the years that followed. And godaddy was the ONLY site I ever gave that address to.
I don't care if they are the cheapest or not, I will never use them again.
- nzmsv 17y agoDid you enter that same email as your domain contact info? Because in that case, it is in the WHOIS databases in plain text, and yes, it is trivial for any spambot to harvest. The same holds for any registrar though. The only way to avoid having your email out there in the open is to sign up for a private WHOIS service (which GoDaddy offers, as do many other registrars).
- babyshake 17y agoI second this notion. You should be willing to pay a few extra bucks to get a legit, trustworthy service.
- quizbiz 17y agofrom?