gpmgroup - 12:26 pm on Mar 24, 2007 (gmt 0)

All of my domain's whois info are through a proxy, that proxy's info is legitimate, and under a court order they will provide my accurate information. Why should it be easier to obtain my address, phone numbers and email address for criminals or people who want to cause me harm? I don't see the logic in it.

Surely that's the worst of all worlds?

1) If there is a problem like Registerfly how do you sort out the mess if the registrars systems fail?
2) A naughty registrar could claim the names as their own.
3) There may be an ambiguity in some legal jurisdictions as to who is responsible for (even owns)the name.
4) The ease of 3rd parties looking to get the information will be inconsistent and vary by registrar.
5) Search Engines and other web businesses can not build trust by knowing a network of sites.
6) Savvy consumers can not build trust before buying.
7) Bad actors get another layer of protection.
8) It doesn't scale and becomes very expensive for multiple domains.

A simpler and more effective solution (apart from .us) would be a PO BOX and a Gmail/Hotmail account for personal non commercial websites.

In the UK the Government requires a Geographical address for websites conducting any commerce at all to be clearly displayed on the website.