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Weird that the first time I hear about this is on HN. Namecheap is pretty good at regularly emailing "offers" and other meh things, but this.. I haven't seen me

by 0x0 6y ago

Weird that the first time I hear about this is on HN. Namecheap is pretty good at regularly emailing "offers" and other meh things, but this.. I haven't seen mentioned yet :-/ Also. What exactly is it with this new service that "offers better privacy"?

ilumanty 6y ago
I asked this myself as well. The entire article sounds quite apologetic.
- yarosv 6y ago
  I don't feel like it. Looks like more of an explanation so people don't feel weird when they see Domain Privacy instead of WhoisGuard in the renewal screen.
tln 6y ago
I've got emails from namecheap about this, and they link to this blog post. Doesn't seem unusual for a mass email to take longer to go out than a post can be upvoted on HN The article mentions "Withheld for Privacy does not require your personal data"
- CydeWeys 6y ago
  > The article mentions "Withheld for Privacy does not require your personal data" Yeah, so then what even is Withheld for Privacy's service doing? It can't even be an email reflector as that'd require your email address, which is personal data. So what service does this company even provide and why isn't NameCheap running it in-house?
  - TazeTSchnitzel 6y ago
    It could in fact be email redirection if they forward to a Namecheap address which then forwards to you.
    - CydeWeys 6y ago
      That seems like a completely unnecessary extra step that isn't offering any added value, though. Maybe the answer has something to do with ICANN requirements?
meibo 6y ago
I've received the email about an hour ago. Sending mail to all their customers probably takes a while, so you'll probably get it soon.
karamanolev 6y ago
Doesn't sound so much as offering more or less (it's free for Namecheap customers), more like just changing providers for whatever reason.
coldcode 6y ago
Probably because the new service does not actually require your personal info, whereas the previous service did. That would make it a GDPR issue. The message is not clear, but from what they did say, seems like it is.

by 0x0 6y ago

ilumanty 6y ago

I asked this myself as well. The entire article sounds quite apologetic.

yarosv 6y ago
I don't feel like it. Looks like more of an explanation so people don't feel weird when they see Domain Privacy instead of WhoisGuard in the renewal screen.

tln 6y ago

I've got emails from namecheap about this, and they link to this blog post. Doesn't seem unusual for a mass email to take longer to go out than a post can be upvoted on HN The article mentions "Withheld for Privacy does not require your personal data"

CydeWeys 6y ago
> The article mentions "Withheld for Privacy does not require your personal data" Yeah, so then what even is Withheld for Privacy's service doing? It can't even be an email reflector as that'd require your email address, which is personal data. So what service does this company even provide and why isn't NameCheap running it in-house?
- TazeTSchnitzel 6y ago
  It could in fact be email redirection if they forward to a Namecheap address which then forwards to you.
  - CydeWeys 6y ago
    That seems like a completely unnecessary extra step that isn't offering any added value, though. Maybe the answer has something to do with ICANN requirements?

meibo 6y ago

I've received the email about an hour ago. Sending mail to all their customers probably takes a while, so you'll probably get it soon.

karamanolev 6y ago

Doesn't sound so much as offering more or less (it's free for Namecheap customers), more like just changing providers for whatever reason.

coldcode 6y ago

Probably because the new service does not actually require your personal info, whereas the previous service did. That would make it a GDPR issue. The message is not clear, but from what they did say, seems like it is.