yan 🐇Apr 19, 2017

The Pirate Bay founder has launched a new service to register domain names anonymously: https://njal.la/. You can sign up using XMPP+OTR and pay in BTC. The company buys the domain and then gives you the usage rights.

Seems useful mainly for people worried about content takedowns.

Thoughts?

Show threadpettter ✅
@bcrypt I don't really see what makes their services different from any other domain anonymizer.

I suppose they could be fighting a bit harder to keep your details from legal pressure, but I mean.. Getting a domain registered not in your own name isn't exactly rocket science as-is.
Apr 19, 2017 at 5:51pmWeb
Show threadConstance VariableApr 19, 2017
@pettter @bcrypt But you usually can't do it anonymously to the registrat.
Show threadpettter ✅Apr 19, 2017
@lambadalambda @bcrypt Not legally, in any case.

In this case, they are explicitly not a registrar, but I don't see why I should trust them more than a trustworthy registrar?
Show threadConstance VariableApr 19, 2017
@pettter @bcrypt just because you don't have give them any personal data, no address, no credit card.
Show threadpettter ✅Apr 19, 2017
@lambadalambda @bcrypt No, the credit card you'll just have to give your BTC exchange or to PayPal.

Aren't there registrars out there accepting Bitcoin already?

Still, I see your point.

It worries me, however, that they are talking about PGP and Bitcoin as if they'd confer anonymity, when both technologies pretty much aim to do the opposite.
Show threadMMN-o ✅⃠Apr 19, 2017
@pettter What makes them different is that they're another set of people. Choosing trust etc.
Show threadpettter ✅Apr 19, 2017
@mmn Sure, that's a valid measure, but lets just say that after heml.is I'm not too sure I trust that particular set of people to do anything useful or even keep their promises in regards to open sourcing etc.
Show threadMMN-o ✅⃠Apr 19, 2017
@pettter Absolutely true and I agree. The real question however is why you'd want an anonymous domain name at all in the ICANN namespace when you can have .onion etc.
I bet also that domains such as .tk are pretty easy to register and own anonymously (they're gratis).
Show threadjoel hanssonApr 20, 2017
@pettter it's not the same set of people. brokep yes, but not the others if I'm not miss-informed. Linus and Leif is still working full time on flattr.