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How can I hide my real address for domains that dont support whois privacy. (lemmy.world)

submitted 10 months ago* (last edited 10 months ago) by [email protected] to c/[email protected]

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I just registered another domain name that doesnt support whois privacy and I would like to hide my actual details.

How have you done this? Post office box?

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[–] [email protected] 14 points 10 months ago (1 children)

I have to ask. If whois privacy is important to you, why did you register a domain without it?

[–] [email protected] 2 points 10 months ago (1 children)

I didn't realize that it didn't support it until after purchase. And I still want the domain name.

[–] [email protected] 2 points 10 months ago* (last edited 10 months ago)

If that is the case you will have to decide which is more important, the domain or your privacy.

[–] [email protected] 4 points 10 months ago (1 children)

A post box would be the best option IMO, as well as another contact number. Those combined are more expensive than just purchasing the domain with privacy protection included though...

If you're not asked to add whois privacy at the checkout in future, the registrar or domain owner probably don't allow it

[–] [email protected] 1 points 10 months ago

I think I was spoiled from google domains always including it by default. Using a new registrar now and I just assumed.

It's not worth the cost of a P.O. box. Gonna drop the domain.

[–] [email protected] 4 points 10 months ago (1 children)

Setup a corporation to own the asset, and list the corporate contacts for the whois information

[–] [email protected] 3 points 10 months ago (3 children)

Isn't that the same problem with more steps? You would need to setup a corporate address right?

[–] [email protected] 4 points 10 months ago

Go buy a 3 million dollar office. Cheap and simple fix.

[–] [email protected] 3 points 10 months ago

If you buy one of those registered agent services that might work - I haven't looked into it and you're looking at a couple hundred a year though.

[–] [email protected] 1 points 10 months ago (1 children)

its not the same problem, now anyone who wants to know who you are has to pierce the corporate vale. If the holding corporation is incorporated in a friendly jurisdiction, then you have extra big steps toe pierce the corporate vale (Malta, Kit Neives, Bermuda, etc)

[–] [email protected] 3 points 10 months ago (1 children)

*veil

But that's a specific term referring to legal culpability for the individuals running a company, not for merely identifying the people in a company.

[–] [email protected] 1 points 10 months ago

https://www.cornellpress.cornell.edu/what-are-anonymous-shell-companies/

You can structure the corporate governance of a company so it's hard to identify the owner. Especially if we're talking about companies registered in favorable jurisdictions