Domains by Proxy
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Domains by Proxy is an Internet company owned by Go Daddy founder Bob Parsons. It offers domain privacy services through partner domain registrars such as Go Daddy and Wild West Domains.
Subscribers list Domains by Proxy as their administrative and technical contacts in the Internet's WHOIS database, thereby delegating responsibility for managing unsolicited contacts from third parties and keeping the domains owners personal information safe from the public eye.
The Domains by Proxy service is not a legal obligation, however, and registrant's personal information can be released in some cases, such as a legal subpoena or cease and desist[1][2]
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[edit] Political usage
In the run-up to the 2012 United States presidential primaries, numerous domain names with derogatory expressions have been registered through Domains by Proxy by both Republicans and Democrats.[3]
Domains by Proxy is now under attack by the internet meme known as Anonymous due to recent malicious business activities. Numerous complaints regarding fraud in their inducements to join their service, offers of privacy that are unfulfilled along with the lowering of Google PR Number levels/scores of the sites they link to have spawned viral blasting of this shadowy organization. The most recent complaints focus on an illegal text message attack sent from the email address romney AT westcoastrepublicans DOT com. These texts were sent in the wee hours of Saturday morning, 2-4-12 to citizens on the 'no call, no text" list. Anonymous has stated that their grievance with Domains by Proxy is without political motive but is strictly an issue of privacy, hypocrisy and violations against the American dream. Anonymous has stated it is resolute in its fight against Domains by Proxy and will take down this organization through behind the scenes legal action if the company does not immediately cease all unethical activities and make a public statement to this effect.
Domains by Proxy has also been used by http://www.stopgillardscarbontax.com [4], a project of the conservative Menzies House website http://www.menzieshouse.com.au/.
WeAskAmerica.com[5], a new polling agency in 2011, is registered through Domains By Proxy[6]. The agency's polls have been cited by various Republicans[7][8] as well as being incorporated into the poll composites of The New York Times FiveThirtyEight blog[9]. It is unclear why this website is registered with Domains by Proxy because We Ask America is a division of Xpress Professional Service, Inc.[10] the website of which is not registered through Domains By Proxy. Furthermore, the information that Domains By Proxy would hide seems to be available on the site itself. Xpress Professional Services offers private polling services as well as video and audio production specifically for commercial political content.
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[edit] Footnotes
- ^ Private domains not so private? | CNET News.com
- ^ DBP Proxy Agreement
- ^ Rucker, P. and Farnam, T.W. In Campaign 2012, Web sites are the new real estate. The Washington Post, 18 October 2011.
- ^ Godaddy.com [1]
- ^ WeAskAmerica.com[2]
- ^ WeAskAmerica.com WHOIS[3]
- ^ Ron Paul Website Citation[4]
- ^ National Review Bachmann Analysis[5]
- ^ NYT 538 Blog[6]
- ^ Xpress Professional Service, Inc.[7]
- ^ Open Secrets Blog - http://www.opensecrets.org/news/
- ^ CutySearch - http://phoenix.citysearch.com/profile/37612462/scottsdale_az/domains_by_proxy.html
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