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I hope you registered that domain anonymously. And the hosting too. Also related: Popcorn Time

by bufferoverflow 8y ago

alexcnwy 8y ago
Any suggestions on how to do that? Asking for a friend
- Tepix 8y ago
  Use a cryptocurrency.
- senorjazz 8y ago
  Obviously do not do anything with US based companies. Find registrars and hosts that accept bitcoin. Find hosts that do not have to comply with DMCA and do not do so voluntarily. Have a backup plan ready for when you get taken down.
- r3bl 8y ago
  Even the popular registrars accept Bitcoin payments and offer free whois protection. All that is left is a temporary email address and not using your own IP. I'd call that reasonably anonymous. Pay attention to the TLD, because it might be against ToS to register some of them anonymously (mostly ccTLDs). There's plenty that don't have such restrictions.
  - literallycancer 8y ago
    You probably want a registrar that accepts cash by mail.
- HannibalBaka 8y ago
  https://njal.la/ https://njal.la/
  - kaffee 8y ago
    A bit more detail: https://njal.la/ https://njal.la/ accepts cryptocurrency. I like njalla. Would be nice to see some others taking their approach. Anyone know of others that embrace the idea that one should be able to register a domain name anonymously?
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- bufferoverflow 8y ago
  Buy with cryptocurrency, make sure your coins are not traceable to you. Domains can be bought on njal.la, NameCheap, EasyDNS and many others. Hosting can be bought on Simafri, Accu, and many many others. Make sure you use Tor and VPN and NoScript throughout.
  - kaffee 8y ago
    I had not heard of Simafri. Looks good actually. It's true that you need a hosting provider in addition to a domain name. It's good to discuss privacy-enhancing domain name registrars and privacy-enhancing VPS providers in the same breath.
qrbLPHiKpiux 8y ago
I'll just wait for the indictment and story to pop up on ARS.
flyGuyOnTheSly 8y ago
Why? He's not promoting the pirating of any particular movie like Popcorn Time was.

I hope you registered that domain anonymously. And the hosting too. Also related: Popcorn Time

alexcnwy 8y ago

Any suggestions on how to do that? Asking for a friend

Tepix 8y ago
Use a cryptocurrency.
senorjazz 8y ago
Obviously do not do anything with US based companies. Find registrars and hosts that accept bitcoin. Find hosts that do not have to comply with DMCA and do not do so voluntarily. Have a backup plan ready for when you get taken down.
r3bl 8y ago
Even the popular registrars accept Bitcoin payments and offer free whois protection. All that is left is a temporary email address and not using your own IP. I'd call that reasonably anonymous. Pay attention to the TLD, because it might be against ToS to register some of them anonymously (mostly ccTLDs). There's plenty that don't have such restrictions.
- literallycancer 8y ago
  You probably want a registrar that accepts cash by mail.
HannibalBaka 8y ago
https://njal.la/ https://njal.la/
- kaffee 8y ago
  A bit more detail: https://njal.la/ https://njal.la/ accepts cryptocurrency. I like njalla. Would be nice to see some others taking their approach. Anyone know of others that embrace the idea that one should be able to register a domain name anonymously?
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bufferoverflow 8y ago
Buy with cryptocurrency, make sure your coins are not traceable to you. Domains can be bought on njal.la, NameCheap, EasyDNS and many others. Hosting can be bought on Simafri, Accu, and many many others. Make sure you use Tor and VPN and NoScript throughout.
- kaffee 8y ago
  I had not heard of Simafri. Looks good actually. It's true that you need a hosting provider in addition to a domain name. It's good to discuss privacy-enhancing domain name registrars and privacy-enhancing VPS providers in the same breath.

qrbLPHiKpiux 8y ago

I'll just wait for the indictment and story to pop up on ARS.

flyGuyOnTheSly 8y ago

Why? He's not promoting the pirating of any particular movie like Popcorn Time was.