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Whois database targeted for destruction

Sunset strip The long-running attempt by privacy advocates to bin the Whois database will be up for vote at the ICANN meeting in Los Angeles tomorrow.… ...full story at the register (uk)

from the register (uk) on Tue, Oct 30 2007

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30 Oct 07 visit Privacy Advocates Bemoan the Problems With WHOIS  »  slashdot An anonymous reader writes "The Globe and Mail is reporting that net privacy advocates are spurring ICANN into scrapping WHOIS. The advocates complain that the system doesn't do enough to protect domain owner information from spammers and fraudsters, and...
05 Nov 07 visit Telnic proposal spurs internal ICANN debate  »  the register (uk) Road map at last for intractable Whois mess? ICANN 2007 - Los Angeles The acrimonious debate surrounding the Whois database is ICANN's most enduring ritualistic dance.…
02 Nov 07 visit ICANN Punts on WHOIS Privacy Proposal  »  slashdot An anonymous reader writes "The Internet Corporation for Assigned Names and Numbers (ICANN) has essentially put off consideration of a proposal that would have dissolved a requirement that domain name registrars collect and display personal information...
01 Nov 07 visit Whois reform: ICANN's seven year pitch  »  the register (uk) Internet overlords now 0 for 23 ICANN 2007 Los Angeles Quick, people: what takes seven years? Biblical plagues? Itches?…
21 Sep 07 visit U.S. Airport Screeners Are Watching What You Read  »  slashdot boarder8925 writes "Be careful what you read when you fly in the United States. What you read is being monitored by airport screeners and stored in a government database for years. 'Privacy advocates obtained database records showing that the government...

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