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They do provide a contact proxy service as part of this though. So that people who need to contact you can, just without learning who you are. Like a PO box. A
by oliwarner 8y ago
They do provide a contact proxy service as part of this though. So that people who need to contact you can, just without learning who you are. Like a PO box.
And again, you don't have to buy a domain. Or you can go through the same steps I've can to (eg) mask the sale of land and property with an intermediary company.
People's recent outbursts at the WHOIS system strike me as odd. It's been this way for two decades. It's really very similar to other public records.
- Glyptodon 8y agoAnd for two decades it's been a system for the lawyered class at the expense of grandpa Joe who just wants his own model train website and doesn't understand all the phonecalls and spam that came with it.
- strictnein 8y agoThe cost of privacy protection at most registrars is ~$5 a year. Grandpa Joe's understanding of it all is completely separate from any "class" considerations.
- oliwarner 8y agoI don't necessarily disagree but I don't think it's ever been that elitist. Almost anybody can form a legally recognised company and/or have a representative (yes lawyer, accountant, "professionals") stand in for them on public records. There just seems to be this recent backlash against public records. In the UK, you buy a house and your name goes on the public record (along with the sale price). This seems very similar and useful for similar reasons. No disagreement that it can also give you an involuntary spamgasm but that's just a symptom of another problem. Cold calling and spamming people still pays the bills.