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@JoshBent you have valid point, but please check on how GDPR affects the whois database. It's a very interesting read :)
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I mean, I used Whois protection for my other domain (the one I use). This one was a gift for a friend, so I bought them a four-year plan but it wanted to charge me ~$20 (4.99 per year) for the Whois protection and I noped out. On the one hand, I regret it because well, my information is now available in a way I’d really prefer it wasn’t. But on the other hand, I really just regret using a domain registrar that charges for Whois protection.
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@AmyShackles use gandi.net
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@mt3o I can only find results of a year old and not how its implemented at the moment.
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@Codex404 GDPR forces the data administrator (whois, or rather ICANN) to explicitly tell with whom and for what purpose your data is shared. Additionally, you can disallow your data from being stored, processed and shared. You can ask for the data removal, or anonymization if removal is not possible. All of that is directly against main purpose of whois db :)
You can directly tell your domain provider that under GDPR you want your data to be removed or else file a complaint or even sue the domain provider. What's better, the provider don't have to be from EU, is enough if you are.
Check those links:
https://law.kuleuven.be/citip/blog/...
https://theregister.co.uk/2018/08/...
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@mt3o ah yeah I know what the GDPR stands for. I had to study it thoroughly for my work and am also contavting any company Ive been in contact with for my information and its deletion if Im not using their service anymore... I like how many services say "we only have your name and email" while I can see games I played with others in the app...
If I dont have replies in two months (with a formal complaint to the company twice) , I report them to our local instance.
But Ill check out those links tomorrow. -
@lastpeony Lambda assigns you a career coach when you’re at the 20 week mark or so. Doesn’t cost me anything, just a resource.
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@lastpeony Lambda School’s a 6+ month Computer Science Academy. I graduated in October.
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@AmyShackles did they teach algorithms
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@lastpeony Yep.
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@lastpeony here's the most important algorithm for devs: get your coffee in time so that you neither empty the coffee pot completely (or you'd have to make fresh one) not arrive at an empty coffee pot because some asshole has emptied it without making new coffee. Leaving half a mug of coffee is perfect.
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@Fast-Nop that is even worse than an empty pot. First having the satisfactory that there is coffee and then after pouring finding out that you have to make new one because there isnt enough...
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@Codex404 well yeah, the idea is that upon your next coffee, there will probably be fresh one. It's a bit like the "Trip to Jerusalem" game. ^^
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@mt3o it is mainly krebs and its like sperging out how their imaginary police job is harder now - authorities still have access to that data in one way or another, that's how it should have always been - not to mention that criminals that actually cared, just faked their whois, so the ones suffering were actual harmless people, not the criminals.
Feel free to link me anything else, if what I said didnt cover what you meant.
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