Interesting article about Moniker
 

http://www.ricksblog.com/my_weblog/2...o-with-it.html

most privacy services offer nothing but initial privacy at the whois. they will typically give up like nothing to anyone who asks..

True dat. The level of cooperation at the registrar level varies, but they almost all bend when the wind blows. How much they provide freely is the variant.
:2 cents:

ho's before bros.

Didn't Moniker stop sponsoring the TRAFFIC expo, which is owned by Prick Schwartz? And, didn't Moniker/ Oversee start competing with him with their own tradeshow, DomainFest?

If Prick Schwartz wants full disclosure, how about including that?

I bet the Moniker employee is a female.:2 cents:

Didn't Moniker employees, at one time, jack up the bids on some domains at auction? Seems there are some continuing problems.

Very disappointing.

Been with them for a long time and have hundreds of domains with them (none with privacy) and have had few problems - all fixed fast.

This however is major breach. It is also not like they were protecting million dollars of year of revenue from one client by throwing a $20 a year client under the bus. Even that wouldn't be right but more understandable.

I would hope this employee is fired and blacklisted from any customer service job or any job with access to private data. I know that won't happen. They should however at least get fired.:2 cents:

you mean bari?

They've been put on administrative leave whilst the company reviews it.

They are probably moving at the speed of their lawyers now.. or you would think they would have been proactive. If not, they had to know what would happen.

Rick needs some lessons in drama creation. That was boring

Rumor is it's about ChefPatrickSucks.com

Was that based on people searching for the employeenamesucks.com combos to see which fitted? :)

Moniker sucks now. It used to be much better but ever since the Oversee take over it's sucked balls, I would stay away.

The functionality of the new interface is horrible.

:Oh crap its not the first time Moniker have had problems with protecting privacy ..you will find a thread on here (about 6 months ago ) that had people complaining because due to a technical fault everyone could see thier name and address /ownership details for all domains they had private whois protection on ...

Although the problem was fixed many people will now have info still showing in domain tools that captured that info.

According to their reps Moniker won't release any info without a court order.

This is very serious. And it's not the first time they had a problem with shady employees doing shady things.

What are the details of the other times it happened?

TheDA: google Halvarez/Nelson Brady

not happy with them.

Might be time to start migrating my domains somewhere else.

I did not know they were taken over by oversee :helpme

a couple of years ago...

That fucker Halvarez cost me tens of thousands :mad:

Yes, Prick Schwartz is trying to make a mountain out of a mole hill.

Moniker is the best registrar I have tried.

you say that because you are hoping they will buy your overpriced domains

Would it be a mole hill if it was your info?

Moniker is one of the registrars I use and as a customer who values whoisprivacy, I can only say that I am very concerned.

I've used Moniker for a long time and through the years, they've proven to be an excellent registrar. Monte and his team have been very proactive in resolving issues, big and small. I'm sure they'll handle this with the same professionalism and transparency I've seen from them in the past.

Don't blame the whole company for one person's bad behavior. Maybe it should've come out earlier, but without knowing all the details, I'm hesitant to throw stones.

I wonder how that will effect things there.

Ditto
 

Ditto to that. I couldn't say it better if I tried.

I've moved my domains to GoDaddy. They're not perfect, but at least you get a cs reply from a human being with a brain.

Oversee
 

And Oversee is a nightmare! I like their old management, who is still there. But they are slaves to the new corporate monster.

Don't be sure
 

Don't be sure. Everyone answers to Oversee now.

overpriced is an understatement, he was asking $750,000 for a .org

Happy New Year!

First let me address lemenus/Fris - The Moniker employee is not a female.

The incident was blown up way out of proportion. What happened was a bad judgment call/mistake and it’s being taken very seriously and has been addressed and being handled internally/with HR.

See ya in Vegas!

may the schwartz be with you.

"bad judgment call"? :(

aka rogue employee

For the record, it's 100% not Bari. To be honest with you, Bari is an awesome person, and a HUGE asset to any company. I would hire her in a NEW YORK MINUTE! :)

Carry on....

Monte is no longer with Moniker as of the last day of December.

Bump for updates.

Europeans Billing Europe!
 

Ricksblog.com has enjoyed quite a traffic spike :1orglaugh

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