Bill and all my friends, My response interspersed below.. Bill Silverstein wrote:
Jeffrey, That is a very poor argument. That is saying that I should not take Tylenol because someone overdosed on Tylenol. I don't believe Whois databases include contains financial, or medical information. I last time I was in Spain, 1995, at the airport, I used a phone directory and a reverse phone directory. When I went in a Taxi, they had the name and telephone number of the Taxi visible.
Sorry Bill but frankly your characterization of the example you are responding to that I provided is in error. Ergo comparing apples and potatoes, although both a food substance, is ineffective as a counter argument. Try again. Oh yes, and BTW, recently the FDA has put out warnings regarding the use of Tylenol.
At the last ICANN meeting, how many times have you handed out a business card with the similar information to the Whois record?
Never have, and would never do so. I never provide my home address to anyone I do not know and have known for at least a given amount of time that is sufficient for me to make a value judgment upon. I can't remember the last time I give out my home phone number either. Both of these bits of personal information if given wily nilly can be used for nefarious purposes. In fact, my business phone number has several times in the past 8 months been given out as the phone number for the local UPS and USPS phone contact number. And that has in outlined on the bill as well as in my recorded archives accordingly. I filed a official complaint with the FCC in each instance as well.
Why is keeping personal data in whois important? Do you want to be victim such as happened with WE? See:
http://hosted.ap.org/dynamic/stories/S/SNOOPING_WORKERS?SITE=NHPOR&SECTION=H...
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