My comment about your WHOIS anonymity proposal

[Armin Stebich <codeproject@xxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxx>]

Dear Sirs,

I fully agree with your proposal.

I can imagine, that you get more comments about protecting WHOIS 
anonymity to keep these information private. But the web isn't a private 
place so if I want to protect my privacy, I keep off and don't register 
for a domain.
When I host a website with honest minds, I see no reason to hide my 
personality. Showing the public who I am is a confidence-building 
measure in my eyes. The argument to hide information from SPAM collector 
bots doesn't count, most WHOIS servers are protected with captchas these 
days.
Private sites mostly offers more private information than the owners 
WHOIS record. When I run across WHOIS proxies, I was investigating 
phishing or SPAM issues or trying to get information about other shady 
sites.
I assume, that the crowd advocating for anonymity in WHOIS records, will 
find other ways when your proposal gets implemented. Letterbox companies 
will pop up to take over the WHOIS proxy role.
Anyhow, I believe in your proposal and again advocate for it!

Regards


Armin Stebich