You can no longer justify the harm it causes consumers. GoDaddy is making long-overdue changes to Whois records sometime soon. As much as I'll hate missing the data, this is going to significantly improve the customer experience due to ... Continue Reading26 Comments
It’s out of control: how do we block SMS spam and robocalling based on Whois info?
· Policy & LawSomething has to be done. Robocalling, SMS spam and email spam to contacts collected from newly-registered domain names are out of control. Simply out of control. I registered a domain name last week using a Google Voice number so I could track the ... Continue Reading52 Comments
Oh, great: someone is SMS spamming Whois
· Policy & LawI guess those emails the spammers send you after you register a domain name aren't effective enough. Don't click the link, even out of curiosity. Your mobile phone number is appended to the URL, so they'll know you got the message. ... Continue Reading9 Comments