{"id":359,"date":"2004-07-20T19:05:01","date_gmt":"2004-07-20T23:05:01","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/www.tradermike.net\/movethecrowd\/2004\/07\/psa_bloggers_protect_your_privacy\/"},"modified":"2004-07-20T19:05:01","modified_gmt":"2004-07-20T23:05:01","slug":"psa_bloggers_protect_your_privacy","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"http:\/\/www.michaelseneadza.com\/blog\/2004\/07\/20\/psa_bloggers_protect_your_privacy\/","title":{"rendered":"PSA: Bloggers Protect Your Privacy!"},"content":{"rendered":"

I was recently very surprised to discover that my address and phone number were available via the WHOIS directory<\/a> for domain names. I was clued in (hit over the head) first by an author who sent me a book that he wanted me to review and then by a phone call from another company that wanted me to try out and review their service. After doing a quick search I discovered that all my info was just there for the taking:<\/p>\n

\nDid you know that for each domain name you register, anyone – anywhere, anytime – can find out your name, home address, phone number and mail address?<\/p>\n

The law requires that the personal information you provide with every domain you register be made public in the “WHOIS” database. Your identity becomes instantly available – and vulnerable – to spammers, scammers, prying eyes and worse.\n<\/p><\/blockquote>\n

Thankfully there are services, for about $9\/year, that allow you to hide your real contact information. I signed up for Domains by Proxy<\/a> at my registrar, and Network Solutions has a similar service<\/a>. (Here’s an example which will show you the differences in public and private listings<\/a>.) If you don’t want people to be able to hunt you down via your blog I highly suggest that you sign up for one of these services.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"

I was recently very surprised to discover that my address and phone number were available via the WHOIS directory for domain names. I was clued in (hit over the head) first by an author who sent me a book that he wanted me to review and then by a phone call from another company that… Continue reading PSA: Bloggers Protect Your Privacy!<\/span><\/a><\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":1,"featured_media":0,"comment_status":"closed","ping_status":"closed","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"spay_email":"","footnotes":""},"categories":[2,7],"tags":[],"jetpack_featured_media_url":"","jetpack-related-posts":[{"id":263,"url":"http:\/\/www.michaelseneadza.com\/blog\/2004\/01\/02\/my_number_port_is_finally_taking_effect\/","url_meta":{"origin":359,"position":0},"title":"My Number Port is Finally Taking Effect","date":"January 2, 2004","format":false,"excerpt":"Well all it took was me posting about my number porting woes to get it to work. :-) Actually, there's a fine gentleman and scholar who works at SprintPCS, Curant, who helped me out. He seems to be the only person at Sprint who can get results. 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