Anyone have the experience registering a domain name with false personal information?
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I did back in highschool, but I have to imagine things are way different now than they were then. I mean, shit, it only cost like $5 when I had one, and I wasn't 18 yet so all my info was made up.
do you still have your domain?
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do you still have your domain?
No. I only had it for 2 years. The domain looks like it's currently unused too. (Burninhell. com)
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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?
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?
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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?
Do they really care enough to check your info manually if you don’t use your domain name for malicious purposes?
Depends on TLD how strict the checks are, but generally you're at least violating TOS by doing it and can lose your domain should someone actually check the info. A lot of registrars provide at least whois-security, so they'll know your real details but won't share them openly to anyone who asks. I assume if you get into something illegal and court orders to release the data then they'll happily comply instead of hurting their own business.
But if you just want to keep your real name and address out of the internet, that would be enough at least for me.
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No. I only had it for 2 years. The domain looks like it's currently unused too. (Burninhell. com)
thanks a lot for sharing the experience!
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Do they really care enough to check your info manually if you don’t use your domain name for malicious purposes?
Depends on TLD how strict the checks are, but generally you're at least violating TOS by doing it and can lose your domain should someone actually check the info. A lot of registrars provide at least whois-security, so they'll know your real details but won't share them openly to anyone who asks. I assume if you get into something illegal and court orders to release the data then they'll happily comply instead of hurting their own business.
But if you just want to keep your real name and address out of the internet, that would be enough at least for me.
good to know!
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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)
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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?
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.
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lol that's a relief to hear
but it's been a decade maybe the policy have changed nowadays?
according to @[email protected]
They definitely do check. I don’t know how detailed the checks are or how major a crime it is to use someone else’s info, but there are enough checks in place, you can’t just type in Porky Pig or made-up nonsense or anything
I mean, it renews every year. The worst case scenario is it's against the TOS of the registrar and they can suspend your domain. Do with that what you will of course. Also, I was doing that with another domain but fixed it when I moved it to porkbun with their free anonymity service. I wasn't going to pay domain.com's ridiculous fees for it.
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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?
You can give your info to the registrar and then make it anonymous to
whois domain.tldsearches 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.
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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.
@rimu @happeningtofry99158 not even true. Mine shows nothing but the registar.
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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”.
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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 have 6 domain renewal notices sitting in my Spam folder now.
Another recent one has been notices supposedly from my email provider saying it's time to renew. That one almost got me.
I really wish GPG signing of emails had actually taken off. Would have solved this type of problem completely.
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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.
wrote last edited by [email protected]- 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.
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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?
There’s privacy guards these days. Namecheap even offers it for free now.
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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.
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I just use a free PO Box service. Then the Whois guard on top.
There's a free po box service?
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There's a free po box service?
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)
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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)
thanks a lot!
That means everyone could use whois to look up the name and address associated with a certain domain if no privacy protection is provided by the provider right?
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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.
Many DNS providers offer privacy options. They'll put their own information in the WHOIS database and forward relevant stuff to you.
