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Re:WHOIS blackout period likely starting in May by ktosobcy on Wednesday May 16, 2018 @12:32AM (#17080018)
But the thing is - not only officials can get that data. Its simply not that easily available (so you can't harvest it like mails on the Web)

As for house market - in other counties (where dará is more hidden) it still works. and as far as I know housing market in the US is quite... weird, so it seems this data doesn't help that much?

Re:WHOIS blackout period likely starting in May by greglindahl on Wednesday May 16, 2018 @01:03AM (#17080134)
A housing market that's full of fraud and that has extra-high interest rates still "works". I don't think you're understanding my point at all, or maybe you don't mind fraud.

But in any case, those are the problems that transparency are trying to help solve.

Re:WHOIS blackout period likely starting in May by icebraining on Wednesday May 16, 2018 @05:09AM (#17080972)
You seem to be repeating the talking point without addressing the counter-argument. Why is a system where people can access that data, just with a couple of roadblocks to avoid mass harvesting, not enough to avoid fraud?
Re:WHOIS blackout period likely starting in May by greglindahl on Wednesday May 16, 2018 @11:58AM (#17083415)
I'm just describing the problems that the current system appears to be designed to solve. If you want to design a new system, great, have at it. I don't have an opinion about that, other than that you probably should try to solve the same problems.