Whois public database is in breach of GDPR, according to European authorities

Re:Whois public database is in breach of GDPR, according to ... by kroltan on Tuesday April 17, 2018 @08:12AM (#16857563)

Not very realistic for a lot of personal websites. Sure, newfangled ones that leverage similar pipelines as of web applications, absolutely. But a large fraction of the Web is still a bunch of PHP scripts cobbled together on some outdated hosting service, or equivalent.

Not everyone with a website is a web developer, or paid a knowledgeable and modern web developer to make the website.

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Re:Whois public database is in breach of GDPR, according to ... by always_good on Tuesday April 17, 2018 @09:50AM (#16858240)

It's also not realistic to expect people to want some rando to be able to call them about their website.

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Re:Whois public database is in breach of GDPR, according to ... by kroltan on Tuesday April 17, 2018 @01:20PM (#16860319)

Is it? I always name my personal belongings (umbrellas et al) so if I forget them somewhere public and whoever finds it is a kind soul, they can return it to me.

Of course nobody _else_ should be forced on sharing details just for this kind of occasional utility, I'm not claiming that.

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Re:Whois public database is in breach of GDPR, according to ... by always_good on Tuesday April 17, 2018 @01:52PM (#16860645)

Am I supposed to make the assumption for you that because you put your name on your lunchbox, you prefer to make available your name, phone number, and address on your website whois?

Honestly, I think you should take social engineering more seriously if you think the benefits outweigh the costs.

Like someone removing their front door because it might encourage someone to drop by for some stimulating conversation.

For example, the author of the "Amazon Backdoor" post a while back suspected that the attacker got their address from a whois of one of their domains.

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