What's a protected address, witness relocation programs...?

▲ LarsKrimi 10 hours ago | parent | next [-]

When you change your address you can click a checkbox saying you want a protected name/address. This means that companies that have you as customers/clients won't be able to get the new address, mail won't be redirected, etc

I did it accidentally during my last move and it was a pain in the behind

And it expires after a year by default so it feels rather pointless

	▲	encom 5 hours ago \| parent [-]
		If you own a danish domain name (.dk), unless you have protected address, all your info is a whois lookup away. Example lookup of ft.dk (danish folketing). `Domain: ft.dk DNS: ft.dk Registered: 1995-07-04 Expires: 2027-09-30 Registration period: 1 year VID: no DNSSEC: Signed delegation Status: Active Registrant Handle: DATA REDACTED Name: Folketinget Address: Christiansborg Slot 1 Postalcode: 1218 City: København K Country: DK Phone: +4533375500 Email: webmaster@ft.dk ID status: ID verified via electronic ID Nameservers Hostname: maleah.ns.cloudflare.com Hostname: yichun.ns.cloudflare.com` This is why I've never posted anything from my own shitty website here. All of this is available from [myname].dk with my info on it. Also it's horrifying that our government is restricting access to its website behind fucking CloudFlare. EDIT: I didn't redact anything from the lookup, this is the exact data I received.

▲ Mashimo 10 hours ago | parent | prev [-]

You can just apply for protected address. I did that once, because I did not want that my .dk domains whois would show my name and address.

I managed to get protected address, it's just to log in somewhere and request it. I can't remember the details, but it made for example banking _slightly_ more annoying. They would call me so they can send me a letter. Also makes it harder for people who know your name to look up your address.

Never managed to get my name removed from my domain whois and at some point removed protected address again. In theory, if I share one of my other .com domains on the internet, an attacker could reverse DNS the IP, find my DK domain and thus get my full name and address.