Comment by itronitron | Hacker News Reader

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>> Why is NameCheap getting thrown under the bus across the board?

from https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Namecheap

'In February 2022, Namecheap announced that they would terminate services to Russian accounts due to the Russian invasion of Ukraine, citing "war crimes and human rights violations". Existing users were given a one-week grace period to move their domains. The company also announced that it would be offering free anonymous domain registration and web hosting to all protest and anti-war websites in Russia or Belarus. Namecheap at the same time said it had over 1,000 employees located in Ukraine, comprising most of its support staff, mostly in Kharkiv (which was a major location of fighting).'

Yes, I'm aware of the war going on, and that it affects politics and economics, and therefore, valuable lives. But the complaint originated with the lack of 2FA, and then went straight under the bus for completely unrelated items.

2FA is a certainly a useful layer to add, but also not the be-all-and-end-all of account security.

There isn't a list of 1) secure trustworthy companies because of 2FA, and 2) everyone else is untrustworthy and dangerous. Wells Fargo doesn't even require 2FA.

Are you using Wells Fargo as an example of a trustworthy company? They're one of the scummiest large companies I know of.

https://en.m.wikipedia.org/wiki/Wells_Fargo_account_fraud_sc...

My Chase account does not require 2FA for my car payment login. Thats a more reputable example.

From your comment above I assumed that you were saying that Namecheap was being criticized in other recent threads.

In which way does it cause them to be thrown under the bus in Western countries?

Don't western sanctions effectively FORCE namecheap to do this?

If the lives of 1 000 employees are threatened by a third party I think it's quite reasonable for a company not to continue offer its services to monetary supporters of this third party. Seems like a good business decision regardless of any sanctions.

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