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If WHOIS is destroyed, your contact information will still be known by everybody you're in contact with, many you've only met, possibly many you haven't met but
by twhb 11y ago
If WHOIS is destroyed, your contact information will still be known by everybody you're in contact with, many you've only met, possibly many you haven't met but want to meet, and millions of employees of companies you've interacted with. There is no meaningful difference between that and public information.
It is Amazon's absurd assumption that your contact information is private that is at fault here. Trying to ameliorate this by contacting fewer people is self-destructive, and cannot achieve complete security unless you're willing to eliminate contact with everybody but those you trust with your accounts. Without a doubt it is Amazon's policy that needs to change.
- panic 11y agoThere is definitely a meaningful difference between contact info being public and informal disclosure through normal contact. There's a reason doxxing is a thing.