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[ NNSquad ] Re: Site enables automated flagging of "anonymously"registered domains
That sounds very much like Eric Schmidt's "if you don't want people knowing what you're doing, maybe you shouldn't be doing it." I find interesting the presumption of "guilty until proven innocent" that is inherent in such a broad generalization of reasons people would choose anonymity. ------Original Message------ From: Lauren Weinstein Sender: nnsquad-bounces+turk=kungfuquip.com@nnsquad.org To: nnsquad@nnsquad.org Subject: [ NNSquad ] Site enables automated flagging of "anonymously"registered domains Sent: Mar 2, 2010 3:51 PM Site enables automated flagging of "anonymously" registered domains http://bit.ly/aD1Vtz (SpamResource) This is an excellent idea. "Masked" domain registrations have become the favored tool of all manner of crooks, and a heavily pushed profit center by many registrars. While I realize that not all anonymous domains are being used for illicit purposes, they also make it much harder to reach responsible parties in cases of network problems (intentional or not) and are (in my opinion) significantly contributing to destabilization of the Net overall. I realize that many persons disagree with me about this, but as far as I'm concerned if you want your public presence to be a domain name, you should be willing to admit who you really are and have accurate contact information immediately available. Does this attract some spam and other problems? Yeah. But get over it. If you're that scared of spam -- or revealing your physical contact info -- don't get a domain name -- use an address under an ISP or other service and leave the domains to the people willing to stand up, be counted, and use them responsibly in a public context. --Lauren-- NNSquad Moderator