Tell HN: Domain interests exposed on namecheap and godaddy?
Two weeks ago i searched for a couple of domains i had in mind at namecheap.com for a project i wanted to work on.
One domain that i liked was areact.com but i was not sure if i had the right name for my project so i did not bought it.
I searched today for that same domain out of curiosity and i discovered it is owned by godaddy and registered from 15 november of 2019.
I only saved this domain name in my icloud notes along with a collection list of potential domains and it is impossible to claim that my history was recorded anywhere since i am a cyber security researcher and i take measures for my privacy and personal data online.
This story proves that our data is not safe, even from namecheap, godaddy, DNS spoof or Internet Service Providors!
So what i have in mind is that always when searching for a free domain i must look with a "dig" command to a encrypted dns server that claims that it has no LOGS like using dnscrypt client from dnscrypt.org or using a unix system to redirect all 53 udp port connectons to a local server with dnscrypt, or finally using also a vpn to avoid spoof on public networks and ISPs. And of course avoiding programs unreliable for privacy protection on our computers.
This story proves that our data is not safe, even from namecheap, godaddy, DNS spoof or Internet Service Providors!
So what i have in mind is that always when searching for a free domain i must look with a "dig" command to a encrypted dns server that claims that it has no LOGS like using dnscrypt client from dnscrypt.org or using a unix system to redirect all 53 udp port connectons to a local server with dnscrypt, or finally using also a vpn to avoid spoof on public networks and ISPs. And of course avoiding programs unreliable for privacy protection on our computers.
I would like to know what you think of this?