OA to Whois
The US Federal Trade Commission (FTC) wants open access to Whois in order to help fight spam, scams, and spyware.
Comment. We all hate spam, scams, and spyware, but we should understand what’s in the other pan of the scale here. Whois isn’t research data. It includes some private information on domain registrants, such as an email address, snail-mail address, and phone number. Apart from the
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