Re: [ga] scammers using whois privacy

[Jeff Williams <jwkckid1@xxxxxxxxxxxxx>]

Karl and all,

  Exactly right here Karl.

Karl Auerbach wrote:

> kidsearch wrote:
> > I can list several reasons and have listed them why the whois
> > information is a good thing for consumers, but haven't seen a list of
> > good reasons why it should be hidden.
>
> One word: Privacy.
>
> Each person deserves the right to control his or her own life.
>
> People are more important than business.
>
> It is far more important for people to be able to learn what is behind a
> business than it is for a business to learn about a person's private life.
>
> Ask any women who has been stalked by someone using whois data.  Ask any
> person who is afraid to write about an illness because they are afraid
> of losing anonymity.  Ask any person who is willing to speak about an
> unpopular subject as long as they can do so without being identified.
>
> If there is one thing in ICANN land, however, that does not deserve
> privacy it is the discussions and meetings of ICANN's board of
> directors, particularly as they decide to sacrifice our personal privacy
> on the trademark alter.
>
>                 --karl--

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