More reasons to avoid GoDaddy (and, incidentally, Rackspace)

[unixronin]

As if mass cybersquatting, monetizing its customers' domain name ideas through its shell subsidiary Domains By Proxy, locking customers' domains to keep them from transferring to other registrars, actively conspiring in the theft of its own customers' domains, intentional violation of ICANN rules and regulations in order to extort additional money from customers, or many other complaints (some of which probably qualify as fraud) weren't sufficient reasons to avoid GoDaddy, it is now reported that GoDaddy stores customer account passwords in clear and will use them, without your knowledge or consent, to access private servers hosted with them.

Further, it transpires that GoDaddy just got hit with a class action suit by its own employees, alleging theft of employee bonus commissions, defrauding employees of overtime pay, violation of federal Fair Labor wage and hours standards, and wrongful termination of whistleblowers.

Just as an aside, it seems GoDaddy isn't the only hosting company storing customer passwords in the clear.  Rackspace does it too.

Comments

[unixronin.livejournal.com]

Is this the bit where I admit to not knowing who she is, and then you point and laugh? :)

[glitch25.livejournal.com]

If you eschew television, I certainly can't blame you. If you might have seen a series in the 80's called The Wonder Years, she played the girlfriend of the main character. Some years later, she went on to get a Mathematics degree from UCLA and now she's well known for both her math skills and for being a successful and attractive actress.

http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Danica_McKellar

[unixronin.livejournal.com]

Good on her. I've heard of the series, but that's all.

[cymrullewes.livejournal.com]

No... I borrowed one of her books from the library for Valkyrie and Pirate to read/use.