[Gnso-epdp-team] Factual studies starting to shoot down the "going dark" panic

[farzaneh badii]

This study supports the argument that  WHOIS might not be an essential tool
for fighting spam and the world did not see a massive spam apocalypse as it
was said it will (it is "a" tool but not essential and most probably
replaceable even). Yes it is a short time frame and might not be complete
but it is at least based on some data. If there are other studies that
provide data that can support the argument that WHOIS is an essential tool
for fighting spam (other than all the statements  and individual cases) and
as a result of compliance with GDPR and redacted personal data of domain
name registrants there is an increase in spam, then we can look into them.

I would also like to note that domain name hijacking has decreased
according to some registrars as a result of redacted personal info in WHOIS
(as was said during our call a couple of weeks ago). Domain name hijacking
is an issue domain name registrants especially in developing countries had
to deal with for long with almost no recourse nor remedy. They did not have
the resources and the knowledge of using UDRP or lodge transfer complaint
to get their domain names back.

Privacy in WHOIS might even be good for cybersecurity and protecting
trademarks. Why don't we look at it this way too. Not implying that we
should not address all other issues that can be raised because of redacted
personal information from WHOIS, just saying WHOIS is not that dark because
of protection of privacy of domain name registrants.




Farzaneh


On Fri, Aug 31, 2018 at 11:59 AM Arasteh <kavouss.arasteh at gmail.com> wrote:

> Dear All,
> I am not sure that such study was done fir the whole words or based on
> some limited area .I do not believe that one could take any conclusion on
> that
> Regards
> Kavouss
>
> Sent from my iPhone
>
> On 31 Aug 2018, at 17:12, Mueller, Milton L <milton at gatech.edu> wrote:
>
> Relevant to the work of this group is the following study from Recorded
> Future.
>
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> https://www.recordedfuture.com/gdpr-spam-impact/?utm_content=76363539&utm_medium=social&utm_source=twitter
>
>
>
> Entitled “90 Days of GDPR: Minimal Impact on Spam and Domain Registration”
>
>
>
> Dr. Milton Mueller
>
> Professor, School of Public Policy
>
> Georgia Institute of Technology
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>
>
> <image001.jpg> <http://www.internetgovernance.org/>
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