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WHOIS data is worthless nowadays. A lot of people host content on Wordpress, Github, Medium, etc. where the WHOIS data doesn't tell who is actually responsible,
by foepys 8y ago
WHOIS data is worthless nowadays. A lot of people host content on Wordpress, Github, Medium, etc. where the WHOIS data doesn't tell who is actually responsible, and the shady sites are using services to hide the true WHOIS data anyways.
Edit: There seems to be a misconception (or a lack of reading comprehension). Hiding is not shady, but shady sites hide WHOIS information always. So it's eventually useless for the one thing it should do: give information about the owner in case of unlawful content.
- 105e9 8y agoHow is Namecheap e.g. providing an option to hide your whois information somehow shady?
- foepys 8y agoI didn't say that everybody who hides their data is doing something shady, I said that a shady site - where someone would actually want the information about who is responsible for the content - is hiding the WHOIS information anyways.
- ggg9990 8y agoIt’s not shady to not want your home address published to every visitor to your website.
- wizardofmysore 8y agoExactly. I am in India and I frequently get SMS and calls about web hosting services, they use the name and number I provide while registering the domain. It is definitely not shady if I want my info hidden from these spammers.
- kuschku 8y agoAll birds lay eggs, but not all animals that lay eggs are birds. All shady sites use WHOIS privacy, but not everyone who uses WHOIS privacy is shady.
- jstarfish 8y agoActually i have found just as many shady sites use fictitious whois data as those whose registrars provide whois privacy. It is of little use either way.
- CM30 8y agoEspecially considering how much people's addresses are being abused now. Not just spam or scammers, but also harassment, internet/social media campaigns after controversies, swatting, etc. Having WHOIS data public makes all of those things incredibly easy for the scumbags out there.