Domaintools make personal info public!

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   Baileybearposted 12 years ago

   I think this is disgusting.  I found this out when setting up some websites.  They put personal contact details on net

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      Eric Graudinsposted 12 years agoin reply to this

      Why is it disgusting? When you register a domain name, you agree that the information you use to sign up is available to the public through WHOIS. And there are thousands of places where it can be viewed - not just domaintools.
      
      Why don't you want your domain registration to be available for viewing.
      In the real world, It's taken as an indication that the website owner is reputable.
      Although many internet marketers have many reasons why they want to hide it :-)

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      relacheposted 10 years agoin reply to this

      You are about two decades behind the rest of the Internet in having this realization.  Like physically owning property, establishment of the ownership of virtual space falls under public record.  However you can actually use a variety of proxies to cloak that info but it's still going to be traceable in some fashion if it comes down to legal matters.
      
      But since you already have a prolific web presence, talk about your husband and son, where you live (QLD Australia), your and your son's Aspergers, your college degrees (BS in Chemistry, Teaching), and your religious background as a Pentecostal, and you seem to have been doing so very specifically for several years now using the exact same account/pen names, and all that info is plainly visible on page 1 of a Google search for your pen names, don't you think anyone who knows you is going to be able to identify you online fairly easily from the collected details?  I mean, how many other women in your area fit that description?  ...None but you, I would think...

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   Lissieposted 12 years ago

   Whois is public information unless you choose to pay for privacy on the domain - nothing disgusting about it

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      Baileybearposted 12 years agoin reply to this

      making it easy for identity theft, spammers, hackers etc

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         Marisa Wrightposted 12 years agoin reply to this

         Actually I agree with you, Bailey, and I have privacy on all my domains.  I get my domain names through Name.com and it's only an extra $1.99 a year.

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            Baileybearposted 12 years agoin reply to this

            I've just bought it through them.  I'm spilling my guts online and would like a little bit of privacy eg so an employer doesn't find me easily.  I don't think I could write freely otherwise

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               Lissieposted 12 years agoin reply to this

               Frankly that's a bad idea - especially if you are talking about an employer there have been cases in my country where people have been fired over what they've said online.

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                  Baileybearposted 12 years agoin reply to this

                  I think I will avoid doing so.  I read how another hubber got fired after venting on a forum (some do-gooder got it traced back to their employer).
                  
                  I'd still prefer people at work didn't find me easily, but will exercise caution

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   dingdondingdonposted 12 years ago

   Oh, do you mean Whois? That's not new or specific to Domaintools.
   http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Whois

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   Bill Manningposted 12 years ago

   Oh yeah, that has always been that way. No big deal about that, it makes people honest and accountable. You can make it private if you want to pay for it.

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   WoodsmensPostposted 12 years ago

   Peek-a-boo @@ you can always pay a little extra to have that info made private

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      Baileybearposted 12 years agoin reply to this

      apparently it's not really that private to get the paid for privacy thing.
      I'm writing personal experiences

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         Marisa Wrightposted 12 years agoin reply to this

         You can pay extra for a privacy feature, and it replaces your name and personal details with a privacy registry instead.  It does work.

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   psycheskinnerposted 12 years ago

   Domain registration information is not and never was private. People who want their web ownership to be private need to use and pay for a proxy service.

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   NateB11posted 10 years ago

   Whichever company you register your domain with often offers a security service that will block your personal info from becoming public. Usually the fee is not high to do this.
   
   Edit: Just realized this thread is two years old.

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      Writer Foxposted 10 years agoin reply to this

      I wish HP would close down the ability to make new comments on threads this old.

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   rebekahELLEposted 10 years ago

   lol, an old thread where almost everyone repeated the same thing.

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   2uesdayposted 10 years ago

   The person who reactivated has found it useful to add a link.

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