Newsletter Archives

• WhoisThisDomain — Where is that great deal coming from?

  Posted on June 3, 2024 at 02:42 CDT by Deanna McElveen • Comment in the Forums

  FREEWARE SPOTLIGHT

  

  By Deanna McElveen

  There are two non-techie things I really love: shoes and glass ornaments.

  Because of tracking cookies, advertisers know this, too. I really don’t mind that very much because while I’m on Facebook, I see only ads that interest me. Unfortunately, I also get questionable ads. How do I know the origin of these vendors and their great deals before I click?

  Read the full story in our Plus Newsletter (21.23.0, 2024-06-03).

  Freeware Spotlight DNS, Domain servers, Newsletters, WhoIs, WhoisThisDomain

• How to find out who owns that website you hate

  Posted on February 21, 2022 at 02:43 CST by B. Livingston • Comment in the Forums

  PUBLIC DEFENDER

  

  By Brian Livingston

  Sometimes, you really want to look up the email address or phone number of whoever owns a particular website or domain name.

  Unfortunately, this is becoming more difficult as various “privacy” services attempt to hide this information from the global WhoIs system. Surprisingly often, these cloaking mechanisms fail to provide website owners with true security and actual privacy — while seriously frustrating the rest of us.

  Read the full story in the AskWoody Plus Newsletter 19.08.0 (2022-02-21).

  Public Defender Domain names, Newsletters, Public Defender, WhoIs