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Bank of America Buying Abusive Domain Names

Nite_Hawk writes "Bank of America has snapped up hundreds of abusive domain names for its senior executives and board members in what is being perceived as a defensive strategy against the future publication of damaging insider info from whistleblowing website WikiLeaks. According to Domain Name Wire, the US bank has been aggressively registering domain names including its board of directors' and senior executives' names followed by 'sucks' and 'blows.'"

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  1. Good luck with that by oldspewey · · Score: 5, Funny

    Good luck grabbing every possible abusive word and all variations. "Sucks" is hardly the only word in existence that can be used to mean you smoke cock or gobble knob.

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    1. Re:Good luck with that by Anonymous Coward · · Score: 5, Funny

      bankofamericameetstreisandeffect.com appears to be available ... and possibly quite relevant

  2. OTOH... by msauve · · Score: 5, Funny

    Maybe they're just preparing themselves for some future "truth in lending" legislation.

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  3. Re:Everyone does it by Fluffeh · · Score: 5, Funny

    Well, the first sentence of the two-sentence summary suggests that what makes this newsworthy is the fact it's being done defensively ahead of a major wikileak.

    Yes, but I wonder if they are buying domains like: Wewentbroke.com, bankgobyebye.com, Wetookyourmoney.com and my personal favorite: Wethoughtboombutwentbust.com

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  4. Re:Everyone does it by bussdriver · · Score: 4, Funny

    bankofamericasextrade.com
    bankofamericaxxx.com
    bankofamericalaundering.com
    bankofamericadrugs.com
    bankofamericadruglaundering.com
    bankofamericaspies.com
    bankofamericabribes.com
    banksters.com

  5. Re:Everyone does it by imac.usr · · Score: 5, Funny

    > bankofamericaspies.com

    How *are* Bank of America's pies, anyway?

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