Bondings - 5:10 pm on Mar 21, 2007 (gmt 0)

Domains can and are used for nefarious purposes every single day , from child porn to banking thefts ..The Idea that we give these people additional layer of protection ..just so that no one can see what names "we" are registering is ludicrous.

They don't need that additional layer as they aren't so stupid to provide real details anyway.

Only the users with legal websites provide real information and that information gets abused by the same people you mentioned for identity fraud and harassing.

The whois privacy is there to protect/hide real information from legal users; fake information from child porn and banking theft websites has no reason to be hidden.