Do you ever have members call your house?

[Sweet Cheeks]

wtf? I have this nutjob on my board calling me at home. She's not threatening or anything like that, she basically came on my site accusing another member of some pretty intense stuff, however when she cant back the accusations up with anything (ip addresses, etc), she decides to do a whois and call me to try to "convince" me over the friggen phone aranoid:

[Icheb]

Then there is the question: How did she get your phone number in the first place?

[Sweet Cheeks]

I was an ignorant fool and put my real number on my Domain name details (the info you can get from the WHOIS lookup) aranoid:

[Dean C]

I'd get your phone provider to ban her phone number if i were you

- miSt

[Rose]

/me agrees with Mist

Or change your number as a last resort. :s I filled out the form in complete, too, with phone details that are now listed in the WhoIs. It rather sucks that the details can't be easily changed, as far as I know. I geuss maybe contacting a registrar (which doesn't do much now that she already knows your number, granted, but it might prevent others from doing the same thing). Also, future registrations can be done "privately" so none of your contact information can be looked up. It's usually an extra fee, I believe about $9/private registration at godaddy.com, but worth it to prevent situations like this.

People who call other people from online are rather ... creepy. In my opinion, of course.

[Dean C]

Hey Julie by telling us how that lady got your phone number it means you could get crazy people from here phoning you

Might want to get than changed asap

- miSt

[NTLDR]

This is the good thing about .uk domains, you need to submit your details but can easily opt out of having them shown on a whois output for no extra cost. I'd complain if you have to pay, its a breach of your privacy.

[Sweet Cheeks]

Originally posted by Mist
Hey Julie by telling us how that lady got your phone number it means you could get crazy people from here phoning you

Might want to get than changed asap

- miSt

yikes Im sorry aranoid:

[Sweet Cheeks]

Originally posted by Rose
* Rose agrees with Mist

Or change your number as a last resort. :s I filled out the form in complete, too, with phone details that are now listed in the WhoIs. It rather sucks that the details can't be easily changed, as far as I know. I geuss maybe contacting a registrar (which doesn't do much now that she already knows your number, granted, but it might prevent others from doing the same thing). Also, future registrations can be done "privately" so none of your contact information can be looked up. It's usually an extra fee, I believe about $9/private registration at godaddy.com, but worth it to prevent situations like this.

People who call other people from online are rather ... creepy. In my opinion, of course.

I will look into that, thank you, Yes I agree its rather creepy. Even my site admins don't call me :ermm:

[Sweet Cheeks]

Originally posted by NTLDR
This is the good thing about .uk domains, you need to submit your details but can easily opt out of having them shown on a whois output for no extra cost. I'd complain if you have to pay, its a breach of your privacy.

I think I will look into this privacy policy there at Godaddy and see what I can do. After 3 phone calls today, its getting kinda creepy