[gnso-rds-pdp-wg] Krebs On Security article RE whois and GDRP

[Greg Shatan]

If you read all the comments, and not just the one from the person with the
pseudonym “WHOIS” you will see that the comments run somewhat in favor of
keeping Whois information public.  As for Mr. WHOIS, the pseudonym nicely
provides him the privacy to confess to doxxing people and remain
unidentifiable. So the comments are indeed worthwhile, both as an example
of the range and distribution of views on the subject and the use of a form
of “privacy” to hide from detection. (Unless someone is advocating a “right
to doxx”, that would seem to be a Bad Thing.) of course, he could be
fibbing, and never doxxed anyone, but no way to know that....

Finally, I think reading the article is much more worthwhile than reading
the comments, just as I think the views of Brian Krebs are much more
worthwhile than those of Mr. WHOIS-who-mightormightnot-be-a-doxxer.

 I suppose everyone is entitled to their sources of information, but I
still ascribe to the caveat “consider the source”.

Greg


On Thu, Feb 15, 2018 at 9:18 PM Ayden Férdeline <icann at ferdeline.com> wrote:

> The comments are certainly worth a read. I have observed one commenter
> note that they use WHOIS to dox others. Very troubling, and in line with this
> comment
> <https://www.icann.org/en/system/files/files/gdpr-comments-apc-icann-proposed-compliance-models-29jan18-en.pdf>
> submitted by Anriette Esterhuysen of APC to ICANN last month, where she
> noted that, "These are not just hypothetical or trivial risks. An APC staff
> member whose address was included in the WHOIS database received a death
> threat directed at herself and her family."
>
> — Ayden
>
>
> -------- Original Message --------
> On 16 February 2018 1:07 AM, Dotzero <dotzero at gmail.com> wrote:
>
>
> https://krebsonsecurity.com/2018/02/new-eu-privacy-law-may-weaken-security/
> Michael Hammer
>
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