Make sure that you tell your registrar that you want to be anonymous.
Edit: wow I missed the phone number censor. I guess that proves my point even farther.
I recommend https://njal.la/ for a privacy respecting domain name provider. It was established by The Pirate Bay founder Peter Sunde.
Depending on your domain, the registrar might not be legally allowed to hide this information. Make sure to know the rules of the TLD you use, as well as the registrar.
Or the opposite: They’re hidden by default! You cannot look up .ch and .li domains unless you submit a manual request.
What it should look like:
Seems pointless if everything is redacted.
Whois is extremely helpful for non-malicious purposes just like phone books used to be.
Usually the information has to be public is the registering entity is a company, and can be private (and I think it’s by default) if it’s by an individual. It shouldn’t be possible to have private company registrations. This of course depends on the TLD, but might have implications on some jurisdictions independent of that (like when using a site of any TLD inside the EU).
Great for spammers too. I’ll stick with my privacy.
TIL there’s a command for that. You can use third party websites too. Most scummier domains are registered through third party providers though, which then share just that companies details to hide the actual owners.
