Re: [gnso-thickwhoispdp-wg] Dangers and risks of thick Whois

[Evan Leibovitch <evan@xxxxxxxxx>]

Hi Don,

On 29 January 2013 11:19, Don Blumenthal <dblumenthal@xxxxxxx> wrote:


> I’ve read and heard many times that individuals should be able to have
> domain names and still maintain their privacy.
>

That's one opinion. Another, said in a previous post by Bob Bruen with
which I agree, says:

*  "Individuals can still be anonymous, but the domain owner should not be
(IMHO)".*


> Does your site setup protect bloggers any better than privacy/proxy
> services would if they owned domains?
>

The setup gives the bloggers as much privacy as they want. They have
psudonyms that identify them for repeated comments. They can be contacted
by visitors to the site without the visitors knowing their email addresses.
And yet, if we were served with a Canadian court order to divulge we would.

My point, though, is not that my setup is superior -- rather, its mere
existence as a counter-example demonstrates that private domain name
ownership is not a necessary to protect personal freedom of speech. ICANN
conventional wisdom that I have witnessed often assumes that the two must
be linked.

- Evan