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FormerDittoHead

(5,155 posts) Tue Oct 22, 2019, 08:13 AM Oct 2019

democraticunderground.ORG versus democraticunderground.COM?

I followed a link to democraticunderground.ORG from google...

But when trying to login to reply to that msg, nothing works.

democraticunderground.ORG wouldn't let me login. It said I had to enable cookies (I have) but it wasn't setting any cookies.

HOWEVER, I could login to democraticunderground.COM

Please tell me it's the same and that .ORG isn't some scam...

PS: what's the point of having both if only one actually works?

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democraticunderground.ORG versus democraticunderground.COM? (Original Post) FormerDittoHead Oct 2019 OP

I wasn't even aware there was a .org. dewsgirl Oct 2019 #1

If I were you, I would change your password here. Nictuku Oct 2019 #2

I'm going with that one... FormerDittoHead Oct 2019 #4

Some cybersquatter, perhaps Cirque du So-What Oct 2019 #3

Both were created the same day dalton99a Oct 2019 #5

Smart move by the admins. JudyM Nov 2019 #8

If you were really sure it was pfishing you could give them fake information NotASurfer Oct 2019 #6

democraticunderground.org is owned by us. Elad Oct 2019 #7

dewsgirl

(14,964 posts)

1. I wasn't even aware there was a .org.

Reply to FormerDittoHead (Original post)

Tue Oct 22, 2019, 08:39 AM

Oct 2019

Nictuku

(3,858 posts)

2. If I were you, I would change your password here.

Reply to FormerDittoHead (Original post)

Tue Oct 22, 2019, 08:59 AM

Oct 2019

Sounds like a phishing site. Fake sites that look like the real site designed to steal your log in credentials. Often people use the same password for all kinds of things, and once they get that password, there are many other avenues to steal your internet presence, banking info, etc.

FormerDittoHead

(5,155 posts)

4. I'm going with that one...

Reply to Nictuku (Reply #2)

Tue Oct 22, 2019, 09:30 AM

Oct 2019

Best tip anyone could have given me, thanks.

Thank goodness I use unique passwords for every site...

Cirque du So-What

(27,479 posts)

3. Some cybersquatter, perhaps

Reply to FormerDittoHead (Original post)

Tue Oct 22, 2019, 09:00 AM

Oct 2019

hoping to make a buck if the name becomes suddenly popular.

dalton99a

(84,093 posts)

5. Both were created the same day

Reply to FormerDittoHead (Original post)

Tue Oct 22, 2019, 10:39 AM

Oct 2019

Name: democraticunderground.org
Registry Expiration: 2020-12-05 19:00:40 UTC
Created: 2000-12-05 19:00:40 UTC

Name: DEMOCRATICUNDERGROUND.COM
Registrar Expiration: 2020-12-05 19:00:37 UTC
Created: 2000-12-05 19:00:37 UTC

JudyM

(29,517 posts)

8. Smart move by the admins.

Reply to dalton99a (Reply #5)

Sun Nov 3, 2019, 08:58 AM

Nov 2019

NotASurfer

(2,310 posts)

6. If you were really sure it was pfishing you could give them fake information

Reply to FormerDittoHead (Original post)

Tue Oct 22, 2019, 10:53 AM

Oct 2019

Just make up random login and password info at random and never go back?

Maybe someone does have the random character string AOL email address, and maybe the random string of numbers, letters, and special characters really is their password, but statistically not likely in the observable universe. Sure, it would gum up the pfishing database with junk that they would have to try with hundreds of logins to conclude it was junk that wasted their time, but I feel strangely guiltless about that possibility

Elad

(11,400 posts)

7. democraticunderground.org is owned by us.

Reply to FormerDittoHead (Original post)

Tue Oct 22, 2019, 02:40 PM

Oct 2019

It is supposed to redirect you automatically to democraticunderground.com, so I will take a look and see if I can fix that.

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