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Re:Whois public database is in breach of GDPR, according to ... by Mahn on Wednesday April 18, 2018 @10:59AM (#16867894)
Spam and scraping are not the problem, real people are. Getting a nutjob show up with a gun at your office because you are required by law to make your contact and address details public ain't fun, and not something that you can solve with ROT13 in Javascript.
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Re:Whois public database is in breach of GDPR, according to ... by zaarn on Thursday April 19, 2018 @03:37AM (#16874040)
Nutjobs with guns showing up anywhere to shoot up people is rare in my country to the point that I worry more about the extra electricity consumed by transmitting my imprint.
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Re:Whois public database is in breach of GDPR, according to ... by WA on Wednesday April 18, 2018 @03:44PM (#16870435)
Sorry, but how often does that happen?
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Re:Whois public database is in breach of GDPR, according to ... by zaarn on Thursday April 19, 2018 @02:41AM (#16873823)
Not often enough that I care tbh.

If somebody has legal beef with me, having a contact address to quickly resolve it is more important.

Besides that, you can always simply get legal with the registrar who will get them your address anyway (or escalate until you find somebody who knows who you are)

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