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Godaddy does keystroke logging (it's their web page, why not). Without your actually clicking "buy" Godaddy knows your domain. Try it! Using a throwaway emai
by j_not_j 5y ago
Godaddy does keystroke logging (it's their web page, why not).
Without your actually clicking "buy" Godaddy knows your domain.
Try it! Using a throwaway email, fill in the Godaddy form with a novel domain name, email contact, etc, but don't click on any "next" or "buy" or even "search" buttons.
Sit back and wait. The spam will start to arrive. The spam will be web and SEO and logo and app developers.
They are "affiliates" and they pay Godaddy for details of new DNS domains. They don't pay much perhaps, but they are getting first-hand info of your DNS ideas.
That's where the front-runners get the info; domain-squatting is free so it's free money to them.
- starting_fresh 5y agoCan you link to the form you are talking about? If I fill out the "find my domain" part I have to create an account before I can fill out any contact details.
- MerelyMortal 5y agoDoes that count as a "business relationship" per the CAN-SPAM Act?
- j_not_j 4y agoI rechecked using the UK site at godaddy -- godaddy.com/en-gb and couldn't reproduce it. The steps were: 1. pick a novel domain 2. register and account with name and throwaway email 3. click checkout 4. empty the cart 5. enter a new novel domain name but don't Enter or Search 6. wait two days -- observe no email 7. click search 8. wait two days -- observe no email. So I conclude they don't do the keystroke logging any more, or at least not on the UK site.