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Sadly ICANN isn't the only one that this is a problem with. Try registering on an gov small business sites, all that information is scrapped non stop. Because i

Sadly ICANN isn't the only one that this is a problem with. Try registering on an gov small business sites, all that information is scrapped non stop. Because it's for contracting reasons you can't put in fluff either. It's a really messed up system.

gcb0 8y ago
the problem is not really having public data. it is that spammers are still largely unpunished!
- Kwpolska 8y ago
  No, public data IS a problem. I’d rather not have my home address on the Internet for anyone to see. I’d rather not mix my Internet and IRL identities. If I was living in the land of the free, and I had no whois protection, swatting me would be so easy.
  - gcb0 8y ago
    again the problem is that swatting is easy. or should I be able to swat you easily and without consequences if I happen to know a public tidbit about you, for example where you live?
tempestn 8y ago
Even better is if you register a trademark. Starting a year or two before it expires you start getting at least weekly junk mailings formatted to look like official government letters from entities like the "US Trademark Bureau Ltd." offering to assist you with the process of renewing for a small fee of several hundred to thousand dollars. Fortunately most of them contain a prepaid envelope, so I get a small amount of enjoyment out of sending those back empty, or with the outer window envelope stuffed inside...