On Fri, Apr 20, 2018 at 4:10 PM, <b...@theworld.com> wrote: > > On April 20, 2018 at 12:03 oscar.vi...@gmail.com (Tei) wrote: > > Maybe a good balance for whois is to include organization information > > so I know where a website is hosted, but not personal information, so > > I can't show in their house and steal their dog. > > > > I feel uneasy about having my phone available to literally everyone on > > the internet. > > There are various privacy options available when one registers a > domain, generally a matter of checking a box and usually free. >
Those privacy options work until one wants to transfer a domain to a different registrar. Almost always that will imply in a brief removal of privacy, during which an adversary (either a nation-state or some Sideshow Bob-type wacko) will learn the true identity of the domain holder. Rubens
