NameCheap Whois protection - Is it a joke?

[EbookLover]

I was talking to someone on the other day who was telling me that NameCheap whois protection is a joke. I asked him to prove it. So he took one of my domains that I have namecheap whois protection for (and have had it from the minute I regged it) and told me what my whois info was - exactly.

How did he do this?

He had no other knowledge of any other domains I own that don't have whois protection. And, like I said, the domain I had him use to prove it to me had namecheap whois protection on it from the very minute I regged it. So it's not like he could have used his WHOIS.sc paid membership to find that info with the whois history tool.

Strange.

So does anyone have any clues as to how he did it?

 

[edwinfelix]

As for your redemption period statement, we recently made the whoisguard feature to extend a few days through the year so that if it does go into redemption, the whoisguard information remains.

That's good to know. Keep it up.

 

[EbookLover]

I'm not the expert. For the expert you gotta ask the guy Ebooklover talked to. I didn't say NameCheap's whois protection is a joke, just saying that I wouldn't be surprised if someone does hack in.

That isn't what you stated in your last PM to me. You specifically stated (as if it were an undeniable fact) that a NameCheap account... (I think you meant to say "domain") ...with WhoisGuard is really not too secure and thief-proof.

We'd all love to know how you know this for sure as it would surely put an end to this thread.

 

[edwinfelix]

I also stated that I'm not the expert.

With all due respect, this is a free country, and I've right to my opinion.

Don't listen if you don't like it.

 

[EbookLover]

I also stated that I'm not the expert.

With all due respect, this is a free country, and I've right to my opinion.

You did not state it as an opinion, You state it as a fact. It's one thing to have an opinion. It is quite another to claim that you know the facts.

Man! :yell:

 

[floatingworld]

The domain, not WhoisGuard.

GD's whois protection is free.

check the GD small print:
LIMITED-TIME OFFER: Get FREE Private Registration ($8.95/yr value) when you register or transfer three or more domains,
...it is not going to be free when you renew, and unlike NC once lifted from a specific domain its gone.
NC guard renewal is 2.88 for 1 domain + cheaper for a pack.

 

[edwinfelix]

Besides, the guy you talked to should know much more than I do.

 

[EbookLover]

Look. They guy is obviously not able to handle defeat. We all know that namecheap is far superior and cheaper than GD. I don't consider having to go through loopholes to get a break on domains as necessarily cheaper. The time wasted makes any money saved not worth it.

Let's move on.

Besides, the guy you talked to should know much more than I do.

If the guy ws willing to let me in on how he got the info, I'd not have started this thread. Duh.

Well at least I'd not have started the thread to ask but rather to inform others of my findings.