Re: WHOIS Privacy Stalemate... Again

[Jim Murray <jim () digitaldaemons co uk>]

Paul Ferguson wrote:

> The battle between human rights advocates, who want to shield certain kinds
> of data from indiscriminate public access, and corporate and law
> enforcement interests, who want to use the Whois service as a free,
> open-access method for identification and surveillance of Internet users,
> has been going on for seven years now.

I fail to see the problem here. If you register a domain, you accept
that the registration details will go into the whois database. You know
this beforehand, so you have plenty of time to consider :

a : Is it even a problem for you?

b : If it is a problem, what steps will you take to mitigate that problem.

Those who (understandably) don't want residential addresses published
online can always obtain a mailbox from the post office or commercial
vendor and use that. No need to muck with whois, no need for 7-year
debates and not so expensive as to provide a significant barrier for
anyone with a legitimate desire for a domain.

Is there something I'm not seeing here?

Jim.

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