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Re:Whois public database is in breach of GDPR, according to ... by rkibbe on Tuesday April 17, 2018 @11:17AM (#16859097)
Google Domains includes private registration - no additional cost. The service is simple with transparent (although not the best) pricing. Have a few domains there now. And yes, I'm aware that Google and privacy are strange bedfellows in the same sentence.
Re:Whois public database is in breach of GDPR, according to ... by neya on Tuesday April 17, 2018 @11:21AM (#16859136)
I second Google domains. For some domains it's worth the money, for others not so much. But still, you get really good DNS and a really nice + simple interface and the fact that I don't need to remember another pair of username/password makes it well worth it.
Re:Whois public database is in breach of GDPR, according to ... by curun1r on Tuesday April 17, 2018 @11:59PM (#16864507)
I've been hesitant to use Google for services like this after hearing about incidents where Google disabled everything associated with a Google account after detecting some violation of their ToS. I'd hate to lose my domain name because I, say, used the Maps API in some way that Google didn't appreciate. Google needs to be better at siloing their products before I'd consider using them for something that mission critical.
Re:Whois public database is in breach of GDPR, according to ... by natch on Wednesday April 18, 2018 @11:39AM (#16868232)
>after detecting some violation of their ToS.

And often it's not a violation, it's an alleged, unspecified, un-counterable data point hidden in Google's cloud with no way for the user to determine what it might have been.

Re:Whois public database is in breach of GDPR, according to ... by test6554 on Tuesday April 17, 2018 @01:27PM (#16860386)
But who knows who really owns the domain? Google Knows Who...
Re:Whois public database is in breach of GDPR, according to ... by judge2020 on Tuesday April 17, 2018 @05:05PM (#16862321)
This is like saying that GoDaddy, Namecheap, or any of the countless number of other domain registrars own every domain registered with them. Performing a fraudulent transfer or DNS change would destroy their registry business and cause a PR nightmare.
Re:Whois public database is in breach of GDPR, according to ... by dustingetz on Tuesday April 17, 2018 @05:44PM (#16862578)
Yeah the shenanigans are caused by rock bottom price market (similar to airfare shenanigans)

I moved everything to AWS DNS and am super happy about it. Domains are mission critical, I'll pay double without blinking to know that my stuff isn't gonna be held ransom over some contrived baloney

Re:Whois public database is in breach of GDPR, according to ... by p49k on Wednesday April 18, 2018 @10:42AM (#16867757)
> to know that my stuff isn't gonna be held ransom over some contrived baloney

Like accidentally changing the name on a kindle to “baba”?

https://www.reddit.com/r/amazon/comments/5gvgdl/using_a_amaz...

Re:Whois public database is in breach of GDPR, according to ... by tracker1 on Tuesday April 17, 2018 @07:01PM (#16863059)
I'm currently using Google Domains for all of my domains... the really simple UX made the choice and lack of any in your face additional services was nice too.

Though, bulk editing would be nice, I'm about to move. :-( If anyone here works for google domains, it would be REALLY nice to be able to update all contact info on all domains at once.

Re:Whois public database is in breach of GDPR, according to ... by Operyl on Tuesday April 17, 2018 @07:22PM (#16863193)
I'm extremely surprised that they didn't offer some sort of API to it. I just spent the past 10 minutes looking to be sure, but that seems very unlike Google.
Re:Whois public database is in breach of GDPR, according to ... by themihai on Tuesday April 17, 2018 @08:58PM (#16863767)
>> but that seems very unlike Google.

Not really. Appengine for example didn't have an admin API until recently(and it's still quite limited).

Re:Whois public database is in breach of GDPR, according to ... by _o_ on Wednesday April 18, 2018 @02:09AM (#16865043)
Google is probably the last I would give my personal details, actually I would rather gave them to Facebook. Whois is bothering me exactly becoase of google and similar companies.