Using fake information is mandatory otherwise you'll get doxed - the domain ownership is public information, including your full name, physical address, email address and phone number. If someone knows you own the domain, they can look it up using whois.

I got death threats that way, one time.

Anyone have the experience registering a domain name with false personal information?

I'm trying to register one but all provider asks for name and address. Anyone have the experience providing false information? Do they really care enough to check your info manually if you don't use your domain name for malicious purposes?

particularly interested in experiences with cloudflare

thanks a lot

EDIT:
https://www.reddit.com/r/Domains/comments/1cxl7y2/when_registering_domain_name_should_i_use_my_real/

The issue with using fake details is that you risk getting your account suspended. Also, if your domain gets stolen you've made it impossible to retrieve because you will have to verify your information.

How can a domain get stolen?

Someone compromising your account and transferring the domain away, the register being compromised, someone sending you a fake domain renewal notice (this one I have seen happen)

I was going to use their service, but I came across this thread: https://www.blackhatworld.com/seo/is-njalla-still-legit.1521208/, where many people are saying that njal.la is a scam. This is making me have second thoughts.

Anyone have the experience registering a domain name with false personal information?

I'm trying to register one but all provider asks for name and address. Anyone have the experience providing false information? Do they really care enough to check your info manually if you don't use your domain name for malicious purposes?

particularly interested in experiences with cloudflare

thanks a lot

EDIT:
https://www.reddit.com/r/Domains/comments/1cxl7y2/when_registering_domain_name_should_i_use_my_real/

The issue with using fake details is that you risk getting your account suspended. Also, if your domain gets stolen you've made it impossible to retrieve because you will have to verify your information.

How can a domain get stolen?

My domain is still set to a former address of mine and I never bothered to update it fifteen years later.

You could provide an address for your registration… sometimes people make typos.

If there’s truly an audit or verification it’ll be easier to explain a typo than why you said you live at “123 Eat Shit Ave”.

I just use a free PO Box service. Then the Whois guard on top.

There's a free po box service?

Someone compromising your account and transferring the domain away, the register being compromised, someone sending you a fake domain renewal notice (this one I have seen happen)

Using fake information is mandatory otherwise you'll get doxed - the domain ownership is public information, including your full name, physical address, email address and phone number. If someone knows you own the domain, they can look it up using whois.

I got death threats that way, one time.

You can give your info to the registrar and then make it anonymous to whois domain.tld searches so it’s not public. Cloudflare is the registrar I use these days because it’s a one-stop shop and used the company address but, at least in the U.S., they need your info for both credit/debit card processing. (Processing fees are cheaper the more info they provide but usually any address with the same zip code is enough.)

If you have nefarious plans, I don’t have a good recommendation. But if it’s just about privacy, I don’t know if it’s really possible to be completely anonymous anyway. I guess you could use a gift card or something but at least in the U.S., if you own or buy a house, your address is public info already anyway. Shit, city hall will probably give you blueprints of any house.

My domain is still set to a former address of mine and I never bothered to update it fifteen years later.

You could provide an address for your registration… sometimes people make typos.

If there’s truly an audit or verification it’ll be easier to explain a typo than why you said you live at “123 Eat Shit Ave”.

• People buy njalla domain.
• Start to do illegal stuff on domain.
• Njalla gets legal complaint.
• Since njalla doesnt know your personal info, all they can do is shut down the domain
• People cry that they were "scammed" by njalla for "no reason"
• Sometimes in these kind of posts, when you pry long enough they admit to doing something illegal (which they think is fine, like pirated media sharing).

I have my personal website domain and some selfhosted stuff on subdomains on a njalla for over 5 years. Never had any issues cause none of what I do is illegal.

Anyone have the experience registering a domain name with false personal information?

I'm trying to register one but all provider asks for name and address. Anyone have the experience providing false information? Do they really care enough to check your info manually if you don't use your domain name for malicious purposes?

particularly interested in experiences with cloudflare

thanks a lot

EDIT:
https://www.reddit.com/r/Domains/comments/1cxl7y2/when_registering_domain_name_should_i_use_my_real/

The issue with using fake details is that you risk getting your account suspended. Also, if your domain gets stolen you've made it impossible to retrieve because you will have to verify your information.

How can a domain get stolen?

Many DNS providers offer privacy options. They'll put their own information in the WHOIS database and forward relevant stuff to you.

Many DNS providers offer privacy options. They'll put their own information in the WHOIS database and forward relevant stuff to you.

Anyone have the experience registering a domain name with false personal information?

I'm trying to register one but all provider asks for name and address. Anyone have the experience providing false information? Do they really care enough to check your info manually if you don't use your domain name for malicious purposes?

particularly interested in experiences with cloudflare

thanks a lot

EDIT:
https://www.reddit.com/r/Domains/comments/1cxl7y2/when_registering_domain_name_should_i_use_my_real/

The issue with using fake details is that you risk getting your account suspended. Also, if your domain gets stolen you've made it impossible to retrieve because you will have to verify your information.

How can a domain get stolen?

Anyone have the experience registering a domain name with false personal information?

I'm trying to register one but all provider asks for name and address. Anyone have the experience providing false information? Do they really care enough to check your info manually if you don't use your domain name for malicious purposes?

particularly interested in experiences with cloudflare

thanks a lot

EDIT:
https://www.reddit.com/r/Domains/comments/1cxl7y2/when_registering_domain_name_should_i_use_my_real/

The issue with using fake details is that you risk getting your account suspended. Also, if your domain gets stolen you've made it impossible to retrieve because you will have to verify your information.

How can a domain get stolen?

Anyone have the experience registering a domain name with false personal information?

I'm trying to register one but all provider asks for name and address. Anyone have the experience providing false information? Do they really care enough to check your info manually if you don't use your domain name for malicious purposes?

particularly interested in experiences with cloudflare

thanks a lot

EDIT:
https://www.reddit.com/r/Domains/comments/1cxl7y2/when_registering_domain_name_should_i_use_my_real/

The issue with using fake details is that you risk getting your account suspended. Also, if your domain gets stolen you've made it impossible to retrieve because you will have to verify your information.

How can a domain get stolen?

In the UK there is one that is pay as you go. (You pay per letter/parcel received)

I just put in the minimum deposit and used that. As long as no one actually sends anything it is basically free apart from the deposit. (I think it was £5)