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To: DUMBGRUNT
--- "No one checks to verify WhoIs Data."

I do. Perhaps it's the skepticism deep within me. So many whois.com queries show "privacy protection" with some from Arizona, some from Iceland and some from Israel. My two sites have such "protection." But as to location, the nameserver information shows at least where a site is housed, if one is geeky enough.

I don't doxx, but when a website shows a PO Box and street address, it so often informs that a site is using a UPS or FedEx store as their place of business, and some use one of a number of "virtual" offices, so as to "present" as if in a location. Some are here, and some are in Europe. Same game though.

A reputable company has a snail mail address. Hiding an actual location is not in the best interest of a business that wants you to know WHO they are.

So my curiosity brings me to ask questions. And so oftne find answers. Best wishes.

19 posted on 08/12/2023 3:27:44 PM PDT by Worldtraveler once upon a time (Degrow government)
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To: Worldtraveler once upon a time

IIRC a few years back Freerepublic.com listed name and address. Now not so much.

That said, there is no official mechanism to verify WhoIs data.

A relative has an online business and attempts to keep it separate from his brick/mortar site; lists in a city a couple hundred miles distant.


20 posted on 08/12/2023 3:43:04 PM PDT by DUMBGRUNT ( "The enemy has overrun us. We are blowing up everything. Vive la France!"Dien Bien Phu last message)
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