Internet privacy

Thu Oct 2 21:09:24 UTC 2003

On Oct 2, 2003, at 5:01 PM, Owen DeLong wrote:

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> I think this would be a very bad thing.  If some independent 
> organization
> wants to provide that service, fine.  Allowing registrars to provide it
> allows for the possibility of a conflict of interest if any policies 
> ever
> come to fruition to allow revocation of resources for bad contact data.
>
> Think about it, if you allow the registrar (who has the ultimate 
> obligation
> to pull the domain) to instead obscure their contact for a fee, then, 
> you
> have essentially eliminated any such protection.

Godaddy seems to be offering this service already - 
http://www.domainsbyproxy.com/

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> Owen
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