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Just a reminder of how powerful the whois command is and what it can say (lemmy.sdf.org)
submitted 2 months ago* (last edited 2 months ago) by [email protected] to c/privacy
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Make sure that you tell your registrar that you want to be anonymous.

Edit: wow I missed the phone number censor. I guess that proves my point even farther.

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[–] [email protected] 15 points 2 months ago* (last edited 2 months ago) (7 children)

What it should look like:

[–] spankmonkey 6 points 2 months ago (6 children)

Seems pointless if everything is redacted.

Whois is extremely helpful for non-malicious purposes just like phone books used to be.

[–] ajikeshi 2 points 2 months ago

yeah... not having an readily available admin-c will just lead to the domain and ip getting bad reputation in case there is the slightest issue

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