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    Zoom outage caused by accidental 'shutting down' of the zoom.us domain

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    634 points RVRX | 11 comments | 17 Apr 25 00:55 UTC | HN request time: 0.41s | source | bottom
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    Animats ◴[17 Apr 25 03:05 UTC] No.43712702[source]▶
    That seriously devalues MarkMonitor's services. MarkMonitor claims to be a "an ICANN-accredited registrar and recognized industry leader since 1999". The whole point of paying for MarkMonitor is that they're an expensive service for valuable domains and are not allowed to screw up. GoDaddy should not be involved here at all.
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    Maxious ◴[17 Apr 25 03:06 UTC] No.43712709[source]▶
    GoDaddy runs the root dns for .us
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    1. dawnerd ◴[17 Apr 25 04:13 UTC] No.43713054[source]▶
    Wait really? I use a .us domain for personal stuff, that.. makes me want to reconsider.
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    2. NewJazz ◴[17 Apr 25 05:08 UTC] No.43713296[source]▶
    Also .us domains don't have who is privacy.
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    3. gerdesj ◴[17 Apr 25 08:39 UTC] No.43714365[source]▶
    Please don't keep us in suspense ... who is privacy?
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    4. stwrzn ◴[17 Apr 25 08:46 UTC] No.43714391{3}[source]▶
    They probably meant "whois privacy"[1] (without the space). Whois is basically a way to get information about a domain name (and many other stuff). Whois privacy just ensures that your address, name and other stuff is not public.

    [1]https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Domain_privacy

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    5. lazide ◴[17 Apr 25 09:04 UTC] No.43714493[source]▶
    Yeah I found that out when I stupidly used my real contact info, and ended up getting spammed all to hell.
    6. imcritic ◴[17 Apr 25 09:27 UTC] No.43714599{4}[source]▶
    They were probably joking when they asked that question.

    Your reply doesn't seem sarcastic, so I take it you genuinely r/whoosh'ed (that's a reference to a subreddit about situations where someone is acting clueless).

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    7. stwrzn ◴[17 Apr 25 10:42 UTC] No.43715026{5}[source]▶
    I know ;) Some people still value an explanation though.
    8. 0_gravitas ◴[17 Apr 25 15:07 UTC] No.43718011{5}[source]▶
    Realistically, I don't think HN is the place for those kinds of jokes, which are best kept for reddit/twitter.
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    9. kitchi ◴[17 Apr 25 16:41 UTC] No.43719268{6}[source]▶
    Yeah I'm increasingly seeing these reddit-style low effort jokes on here, hopefully it's transient as folks acclimatize to the culture and customs here.
    10. talideon ◴[17 Apr 25 16:51 UTC] No.43719398[source]▶
    WHOIS privacy isn't a registry-level service. It's a registrar-level service.
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    11. Kwpolska ◴[17 Apr 25 18:54 UTC] No.43720775{3}[source]▶
    It’s both. Some domains do not allow WHOIS privacy (.us is one of them), some have it built-in, while most don’t care and registrars can fill in with fake data.