[gnso-rds-pdp-wg] Dangers of public whois

[Stephanie Perrin]

I would like to underline the fact that the data commissioners commented 
in some of their earliest (2000) correspondence with ICANN that it was 
not acceptable to organize a directory in such a way as to allow reverse 
directory lookup, in other words what are all the domains that an 
individual has registered.  There is no legitimate purpose for that 
search capability to be available to the wider public.   This does not 
of course mean that bona fide investigators should not be allowed to do 
that.

I realize that idea seems quaint these days in the age of google, but 
back then it was not a crazy idea....

cheers Stephanie


On 2017-02-09 04:27, Volker Greimann wrote:
> As we tend to get lost in the thick and nitty gritty from time to 
> time, this recent article should remind us what we are working for:
>
> mashable.com/2017/02/07/sean-spicer-who-is
>
> also here: 
> http://domainnamewire.com/2017/02/08/sean-spicer-brings-attention-whois-privacy/
>
> While it could not have hit a nicer guy, he completely and accurately 
> followed policy and look where it lead. Hi private address and 
> telephone number as well as email address known to the world, other 
> domains he registered for himself and his family published, etc. As 
> his email address was compromised in no less than three leaks (plus 
> one honorable mention on Wikileaks), and he recently tweeted his 
> password, it may even be possible to dig deeper.
>
> I hope this helps remind folks that getting private data out of the 
> public view is a good thing.
>

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