Pineapple Fund's $56M Giving Spree

Re:Pineapple Fund's $56M Giving Spree by canadianwriter on Wednesday February 28, 2018 @05:32PM (#16487789)

It's hosted by Github pages which only needs an email address and is free so no billing info. Domain requires payment and stuff but you can easily use whois privacy protection. Looks like they use "Whois Guard Protection".

In the end they are relying on both whois guard and the domain registrar to keep their anonymity.

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Re:Pineapple Fund's $56M Giving Spree by supbitcoin on Wednesday February 28, 2018 @05:36PM (#16487839)

Oh thanks! So it means it's not completely anonymous, someone at the registrar can lookup the info if I got this rigth?

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Re:Pineapple Fund's $56M Giving Spree by markdown on Wednesday February 28, 2018 @06:11PM (#16488140)

They could have registered the domain in the name of a legal entity registered in a state like Wyoming where company directors can remain anon. Basically shielded behind lawyers and shell corporations.

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Re:Pineapple Fund's $56M Giving Spree by supbitcoin on Wednesday February 28, 2018 @06:34PM (#16488292)

Thanks.

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Re:Pineapple Fund's $56M Giving Spree by celticninja on Wednesday February 28, 2018 @06:19PM (#16488204)

You could pay in bitcoin and give fake details too, however if you get your domain stolen proving your ownership becomes difficult.

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