I'm still not sold. Just now I am watching a similar argument on TV. The similar argument is that of the sexual predator database that most police departments post online. The argument is that by having this database that they will thwart sexual predators. In reality, it is just a way to appear to do something to solve the problem rather than actually doing something to solve the problem. Just as with WHOIS, there are real solutions to these problems rather than just appearing to. -rj A@L On 10/16/07, Danny Younger <dannyyounger@yahoo.com> wrote:

Randy,

This month alone there will probably be around 32,000 unique phishing sites created with an average lifespan of 3.8 days. These sites this month will defraud customers out of over $26,000,000.

There are some that will argue that their privacy is more important than a government's right to expeditiously deal with criminals. I am not in that camp.

WHOIS is a legitimate tool being used by groups such as the Anti-Phishing Working Group (APWG), law enforcement, and by organizations such as the American Red Cross (that uses WHOIS in pursuing the registrants of fraudulent charity or disaster relief websites).

These groups collectively have made proper use of a service that has long been publicly available. To curtail, restrict, limit or delay their use of this service is not in Society's best interest.

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