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FREEWARE SPOTLIGHT By Deanna McElveen There are two non-techie things I really love: shoes and glass ornaments. Because of tracking cookies, advertise
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You deprecated the use of “Redacted for Privacy Purposes”, but as a test I just used WhoisThisDomain to look up askwoody.com. Should I be worried?…

 

Registrar Abuse Contact Email: abuse@namecheap.com
Registrar Abuse Contact Phone: +1.9854014545
Reseller: NAMECHEAP INC
Domain Status: clientTransferProhibited https://icann.org/epp#clientTransferProhibited
Registry Registrant ID: Redacted for Privacy Purposes
Registrant Name: Redacted for Privacy Purposes
Registrant Organization: Redacted for Privacy Purposes
Registrant Street: Redacted for Privacy Purposes
Registrant City: Redacted for Privacy Purposes
Registrant State/Province: CA
Registrant Postal Code: Redacted for Privacy Purposes
Registrant Country: US
Registrant Phone: Redacted for Privacy Purposes
Registrant Phone Ext: Redacted for Privacy Purposes
Registrant Fax: Redacted for Privacy Purposes
Registrant Fax Ext: Redacted for Privacy Purposes
Registrant Email: Select Contact Domain Holder link at https://www.namecheap.com/domains/whois/result?domain=askwoody.com
Registry Admin ID: Redacted for Privacy Purposes
Admin Name: Redacted for Privacy Purposes
Admin Organization: Redacted for Privacy Purposes
Admin Street: Redacted for Privacy Purposes
Admin City: Redacted for Privacy Purposes
Admin State/Province: Redacted for Privacy Purposes
Admin Postal Code: Redacted for Privacy Purposes
Admin Country: Redacted for Privacy Purposes
Admin Phone: Redacted for Privacy Purposes
Admin Phone Ext: Redacted for Privacy Purposes
Admin Fax: Redacted for Privacy Purposes
Admin Fax Ext: Redacted for Privacy Purposes
Admin Email: Select Contact Domain Holder link at https://www.namecheap.com/domains/whois/result?domain=askwoody.com
Registry Tech ID: Redacted for Privacy Purposes
Tech Name: Redacted for Privacy Purposes
Tech Organization: Redacted for Privacy Purposes
Tech Street: Redacted for Privacy Purposes
Tech City: Redacted for Privacy Purposes
Tech State/Province: Redacted for Privacy Purposes
Tech Postal Code: Redacted for Privacy Purposes
Tech Country: Redacted for Privacy Purposes
Tech Phone: Redacted for Privacy Purposes
Tech Phone Ext: Redacted for Privacy Purposes
Tech Fax: Redacted for Privacy Purposes
Tech Fax Ext: Redacted for Privacy Purposes
Tech Email: Select Contact Domain Holder link at https://www.namecheap.com/domains/whois/result?domain=askwoody.com
Name Server: dns1.registrar-servers.com
Name Server: dns2.registrar-servers.com

 

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So because my house is where Askwoody does business I was actually recommended to privatize the location so that I can keep some personal privacy.  I’m not a retail business. And we kinda “sell” privacy as a good thing around here so the answer is “it depends”.  I’d argue for retail that yes, you do want to know.  For what I provide here, I think you can respect that I need my privacy just like you do.

Susan Bradley Patch Lady/Prudent patcher

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When I developed my first web page in 2005, it was a given back then to use one’s registrar’s “privacy” service in order to prevent bad actors from seeing our names, addresses, phone numbers, and email addresses in order to prevent SPAM (or worse).

One could (and can) still be emailed via the registrar’s registrant-specific email address on WHOIS, which then gets forwarded to the registrant, as indicated above by WSAlsy.

Win 7 SP1 Home Premium 64-bit; Office 2010; Group B (SaS); Former 'Tech Weenie'

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windbg

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Just curious how this differs from Whois.com, a popular free online service which has been around for years. E.g., for hoka.com:

Domain Name: hoka.com
Registry Domain ID: 206281_DOMAIN_COM-VRSN
Registrar WHOIS Server: whois.markmonitor.com
Registrar URL: http://www.markmonitor.com
Updated Date: 2023-11-06T10:19:05+0000
Creation Date: 1996-12-09T05:00:00+0000
Registrar Registration Expiration Date: 2024-12-08T00:00:00+0000
Registrar: MarkMonitor, Inc.
Registrar IANA ID: 292
Registrar Abuse Contact Email: @markmonitor.com
Registrar Abuse Contact Phone: +1.2086851750
Domain Status: clientUpdateProhibited (https://www.icann.org/epp#clientUpdateProhibited)
Domain Status: clientTransferProhibited (https://www.icann.org/epp#clientTransferProhibited)
Domain Status: clientDeleteProhibited (https://www.icann.org/epp#clientDeleteProhibited)
Domain Status: serverUpdateProhibited (https://www.icann.org/epp#serverUpdateProhibited)
Domain Status: serverTransferProhibited (https://www.icann.org/epp#serverTransferProhibited)
Domain Status: serverDeleteProhibited (https://www.icann.org/epp#serverDeleteProhibited)
Registrant Organization: Deckers Outdoor Corporation
Registrant State/Province: AZ
Registrant Country: US
Registrant Email: Select Request Email Form at https://domains.markmonitor.com/whois/hoka.com
Admin Organization: Greer, Burns & Crain, Ltd.
Admin State/Province: IL
Admin Country: US
Admin Email: Select Request Email Form at https://domains.markmonitor.com/whois/hoka.com
Tech Organization: Deckers Outdoor Corporation
Tech State/Province: AZ
Tech Country: US
Tech Email: Select Request Email Form at https://domains.markmonitor.com/whois/hoka.com
Name Server: ns10.ultradns2.com
Name Server: edns3.ultradns.net
Name Server: edns3.ultradns.org
Name Server: edns3.ultradns.com
Name Server: ns10.ultradns2.org
Name Server: edns3.ultradns.biz
DNSSEC: signedDelegation
URL of the ICANN WHOIS Data Problem Reporting System: http://wdprs.internic.net/
>>> Last update of WHOIS database: 2024-05-29T23:13:18+0000 <<<

For more information on WHOIS status codes, please visit:
  https://www.icann.org/resources/pages/epp-status-codes

If you wish to contact this domain’s Registrant, Administrative, or Technical
contact, and such email address is not visible above, you may do so via our web
form, pursuant to ICANN’s Temporary Specification. To verify that you are not a
robot, please enter your email address to receive a link to a page that
facilitates email communication with the relevant contact(s).

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One thing to note about making judgements of sites based on their lack of WHOIS data is that WHOIS was considered incompatible with European Union GDPR laws, so pretty much any EU WHOIS will be redacted. It doesn’t mean that the site is shady, but I do accept that it makes it more difficult to determine if it is or not. In the case of HIKE, their WHOIS claims that they’re based in The Netherlands (hence the redaction), but a quick Google seems to return mixed reviews of them.

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Whenever I think about ordering online from a vendor i’ve not dealt with before I like to know where they are located and what their phone number is. And without a phone number or a location there’s no way I will do business with them. That’s a deal breaker. So I really appreciate having this application that you shared. It’s quite handy

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Thanks for the news of this handy utility. It’s probably going to be more convenient than using whois.com in a browser. Alas, it still can’t tell me who is lurking behind the reseller/anonymizer registrant companies. But I probably should just assume that any retailer hiding like that is shady, lazy, or clueless.

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Thank you. Long ago and far away one could easily look up TLD details on ICANN and IANA or via Registrars. But that changed to make the Registrant’s and Administrator’s contact information more private. I opine it’s not always a better thing.

Human, who sports only naturally-occurring DNA ~ oneironaut ~ broadcaster

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Mr. Ron wrote:

But I probably should just assume that any retailer hiding like that is shady, lazy, or clueless.

Agreed.

Human, who sports only naturally-occurring DNA ~ oneironaut ~ broadcaster

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