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Just a reminder of how powerful the whois command is and what it can say (lemmy.sdf.org)
submitted 1 month ago* (last edited 1 month ago) by jawa21@lemmy.sdf.org to c/privacy@lemmy.world
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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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[–] DaGeek247@fedia.io 27 points 1 month ago (1 children)

Depending on your domain, the registrar might not be legally allowed to hide this information. Make sure to know the rules of the TLD you use, as well as the registrar.

[–] Object@sh.itjust.works 11 points 1 month ago* (last edited 1 month ago) (1 children)

Or the opposite: They're hidden by default! You cannot look up .ch and .li domains unless you submit a manual request.

[–] phase@lemmy.8th.world 4 points 1 month ago

It depends. For example, whois wasn't GDPR compliant (this EU law about sharing of data). Now, most of them are hidden, just in case.