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If the official purpose is to be able to reach out to people the domain belongs to, it is a stupid design. I have a car. When police wants to know who the car
by BrandoElFollito 8y ago
If the official purpose is to be able to reach out to people the domain belongs to, it is a stupid design.
I have a car. When police wants to know who the car belongs to they ask the registrar for the match between the number and my name.
I live in France and only French police can check that. If US police need this info, they will contact the French police.
I have a .fr domain. It should be managed by a French entity, which would hold my contact data and reveal them to the autorities.
ICANN would like to have this authority everywhere in the world, no surprise that prior put bogus data.
- donatj 8y agoI have contacted domain owners by WHOIS information many times for a number of reasons such as looking to purchase a domain with nothing on it. It seems to me to be important public information, not something I should have to go to the local police for.
- BrandoElFollito 8y agoWould you expect the same for your car, phone or house? I do not want someone to have access to my contact information just because he wants to buy my car, house, or domain.
- hessenwolf 8y agoHouse is public information at city hall. Phone is not.
- donatj 8y agoHonestly I think if people had similar access for car, people would drive a lot more politely. For house, I have your address by your physical existence and can write you a letter.