<html><head></head><body><div style="color:#000; background-color:#fff; font-family:HelveticaNeue, Helvetica Neue, Helvetica, Arial, Lucida Grande, sans-serif;font-size:16px"><div id="yui_3_16_0_ym19_1_1486996986894_17911"><span id="yui_3_16_0_ym19_1_1486996986894_18101">How about puting 'fat' information behind a 'thin' wall? For example, to prevent public viewing of a registrant's personal information, why not require an email registration or some other light form of identification? It would deter spammers and other frauds, while insuring a certain level of public viewing (also to deter fraud). </span></div><div id="yui_3_16_0_ym19_1_1486996986894_17911"><span><br></span></div><div id="yui_3_16_0_ym19_1_1486996986894_17911" dir="ltr"><span id="yui_3_16_0_ym19_1_1486996986894_18320">To the argument that the vast majority of Internet users do not use WHOIS, this might be true now but not in the future. Furthermore, this argument was also used by people who opposed the paper version of the phone book, and a survey shoed that about 11% of households rely on the phone book to get information. The consensus was that people who do not have access to the Internet need it, therefore it qualifies as a public service which has to be kept for the public good. </span></div><div id="yui_3_16_0_ym19_1_1486996986894_17911" dir="ltr"><span><br></span></div><div id="yui_3_16_0_ym19_1_1486996986894_17911" dir="ltr"><span id="yui_3_16_0_ym19_1_1486996986894_18570">Scott Hollenbeck's RDAP project requires exactly that: identification through email (right, Scott?). This is simple enough and everybody could live with this solution, I think. </span></div><div></div><div id="yui_3_16_0_ym19_1_1486996986894_17912"> </div><div class="signature" id="yui_3_16_0_ym19_1_1486996986894_17913">Nathalie </div> <div class="qtdSeparateBR"><br><br></div><div class="yahoo_quoted" style="display: block;"> <div style="font-family: HelveticaNeue, Helvetica Neue, Helvetica, Arial, Lucida Grande, sans-serif; font-size: 16px;"> <div style="font-family: HelveticaNeue, Helvetica Neue, Helvetica, Arial, Lucida Grande, sans-serif; font-size: 16px;"> <div dir="ltr"><font size="2" face="Arial"> On Monday, February 13, 2017 8:42 AM, Michele Neylon - Blacknight <michele@blacknight.com> wrote:<br></font></div> <br><br> <div class="y_msg_container">I agree and I know from how I’ve used various email addresses that they are actively being harvested and spammed.<br clear="none"><br clear="none">Also it’s one of the biggest sources of complaints we get from our clients (registrants)<br clear="none"><br clear="none">It’s definitely not an “edge case”.<br clear="none"><br clear="none">Regards<br clear="none"><br clear="none">Michele<br clear="none"><br clear="none"><br clear="none">--<br clear="none">Mr Michele Neylon<br clear="none">Blacknight Solutions<br clear="none">Hosting, Colocation & Domains<br clear="none"><a shape="rect" href="https://www.blacknight.com/" target="_blank">https://www.blacknight.com/</a><br clear="none"><a shape="rect" href="http://blacknight.blog/" target="_blank">http://blacknight.blog/</a><br clear="none">Intl. +353 (0) 59 9183072<br clear="none">Direct Dial: +353 (0)59 9183090<br clear="none">Social: <a shape="rect" href="http://mneylon.social/" target="_blank">http://mneylon.social</a><br clear="none">Some thoughts: <a shape="rect" href="http://ceo.hosting/" target="_blank">http://ceo.hosting/ </a><br clear="none">-------------------------------<br clear="none">Blacknight Internet Solutions Ltd, Unit 12A,Barrowside Business Park,Sleaty<br clear="none">Road,Graiguecullen,Carlow,R93 X265,Ireland Company No.: 370845<div class="yqt4340856078" id="yqtfd99346"><br clear="none"><br clear="none">_______________________________________________<br clear="none">gnso-rds-pdp-wg mailing list<br clear="none"><a shape="rect" ymailto="mailto:gnso-rds-pdp-wg@icann.org" href="mailto:gnso-rds-pdp-wg@icann.org">gnso-rds-pdp-wg@icann.org</a><br clear="none"><a shape="rect" href="https://mm.icann.org/mailman/listinfo/gnso-rds-pdp-wg" target="_blank">https://mm.icann.org/mailman/listinfo/gnso-rds-pdp-wg</a></div><br><br></div> </div> </div> </div></div></body></html>