[At-Large] privacy, was Impressions from the Whois-Review

John R. Levine johnl at iecc.com
Tue Feb 1 03:11:48 UTC 2011


> You missed the plain point, that it is unconstitutional, illegitimate and
> bad tast to collect and publish personal data from zillions of innocent
> people in order to do a personal fight.

I won't begin to ask what constitution you're referring to, and why you 
think it applies here.

> Why do you assume, that bad guys are honest enough to announce their 
> real data directly before doing bad things?

Because, to a surprising extent, they do.  We have real experience that 
show that they do.  It would be nice if people acted on actual facts 
rather than imaginary preconceptions.

R's,
John



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