WHOIS blackout period likely starting in May
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Re: WHOIS blackout period likely starting in May
#2domain registration data is in a weird place for the modern internet. I can see the value of having a real registry when it was first developed, but now it seems like a pretty easy way for people to shoot themselves in the foot with regards to privacy. Also, some registrars charge a premium for WHOIS privacy. It should not cost extra to have your legal name and address to be hidden from the entirety of the internet.
Re: WHOIS blackout period likely starting in May
#3thank god, tired of paying extra for "whois privacy" that various registers offer
running a hobby project should not require you to share your private contact details with the world
Re: WHOIS blackout period likely starting in May
#4In the short term WHOIS is going to be limited to just the registrant organization, state, country and a masked email address (Admin and Technical fields will be removed save email). This is short term to come into compliance with GDPR.
Long term ICANN intends to create a privileged group (other registrars, law enforcement, etc) Who will be able to get to the full whois data. So a sort of tiered system. Expect this to take a minimum of a year. The ICANN multi stake holder model means nothing happens fast.
Re: WHOIS blackout period likely starting in May
#5thank god, tired of paying extra for "whois privacy" that various registers offer running a hobby project should not require you to share your private contact details with the world
Privacy still has a place, this would not keep someone from knowing what corporation owns a domain - and will not keep the government or other interested parties from finding that out. Privacy services still act as an impediment to keep ownership private far better than this will.
Re: WHOIS blackout period likely starting in May
#6domain registration data is in a weird place for the modern internet. I can see the value of having a real registry when it was first developed, but now it seems like a pretty easy way for people to shoot themselves in the foot with regards to privacy. Also, some registrars charge a premium for WHOIS privacy. It should not cost extra to have your legal name and address to be hidden from the entirety of the internet.
Do any registrars not charge a premium for Whois privacy? I know Hover doesn't have a separate Whois privacy entry price, but the base price at Hover seems to be about the price of a domain + Whois privacy at other registrars.
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Re: WHOIS blackout period likely starting in May
#8thank god, tired of paying extra for "whois privacy" that various registers offer running a hobby project should not require you to share your private contact details with the world
A lot of registrars include privacy for free.
Re: WHOIS blackout period likely starting in May
#9thank god, tired of paying extra for "whois privacy" that various registers offer running a hobby project should not require you to share your private contact details with the world
Privacy still has a place, this would not keep someone from knowing what corporation owns a domain - and will not keep the government or other interested parties from finding that out. Privacy services still act as an impediment to keep ownership private far better than this will.
It however brings to a dead stop the push they have been making to make whois privacy a violation of the TOS of registering a domain.
Re: WHOIS blackout period likely starting in May
#10The WHOIS blackout has already started, I recently registered a domain with a non-European ccTLD, but with Gandi for the registrar. The WHOIS reads:
Administrative Contact:
Not displayed due to GDPR