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<div class="moz-cite-prefix">Hi Volker,<br>
Tx for <span class="content_post_author">Andrew (Allemann</span>)'s
article. I include a few quotes below. Best, Kathy<br>
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<p>"This is one of the reasons big corporations use whois privacy.
They register some defensive domain names and don’t want to call
attention to it. The other big reason is that they don’t want to
tip off their new product plans.</p>
<p>One of the biggest suppliers of whois privacy services for
these companies is brand protection company Mark Monitor, which
registers domains for clients under then name DNStination Inc.</p>
<p>When ISIS (the payments company) started <a
href="http://domainnamewire.com/2014/09/03/isis-chooses-softcard/">registering
domains</a> for a brand change, it used whois privacy.</p>
<p>When Bank of America <a
href="http://domainnamewire.com/2010/12/20/bank-of-america-wants-you-to-know-its-executives-dont-suck/">registered
hundreds</a> of “sucks” and “blows” domain names for its
executives, it used whois privacy.</p>
<p>And when Proactiv wanted to <a
href="http://domainnamewire.com/2011/11/28/proactiv-wants-to-be-quiet-about-its-product-recall/">make
its recall as quiet as possible</a>, it used whois privacy."<br>
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<p>Full article at link below... <br>
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:<br>
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<blockquote cite="mid:5481A90C.5070607@key-systems.net" type="cite">Point
in case for positive uses of whois privacy:
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<a class="moz-txt-link-freetext" href="http://domainnamewire.com/2014/12/04/whois-privacy-big-company/#more-32594">http://domainnamewire.com/2014/12/04/whois-privacy-big-company/#more-32594</a>
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Not relevant to the current discussion of relay and reveal, but
still interesting...
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