Evan and all my friends, Registrants do not have privacy in respect to reported criminal activity in respect to Whois data now. LEA's have the access they need to pursue those registrants that may be engaged in stalking or any other illegal activity. Hence, you assertion seems to be a matter of either a lack of knowledge and understanding, or an ulterior motive... In fact, registrant privacy is not good enough yet and needs strengthening. We also need to remember that all registrants are users as well... Evan Leibovitch wrote:
John Levine wrote:
I agree that it's pointless to try to forbid registrars from warehousing names, since there's no way to enforce such a rule. I would rather concentrate on consumer related issues like domains used for abusive purposes that have bogus contact into, a serious chronic issue that came up at the MAAWG meeting this afternoon
Then... is this a WHOIS issue?
So far, on this issue, we have heard almost exclusively from those who want to emphasize the need for registrant privacy. Perhaps it's time that ALAC, speaking for the Internet-using public, start advocating for some balance between privacy and the need for accountability and accessibility of registrants.
Not every desired contact with a registrant is that of a would-be stalker. It should not be the exclusive realm of IP lawyers or governments to contact (or at least identify) those who are using domains to prey on the public.
- Evan
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