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Privacy Advocates Raise Alarm Over ICANN Proposals to Restrict Anonymous Domain Registrations

posted by n1 on Sunday July 12 2015, @05:35PM   Printer-friendly
from the icann-do-anything dept.

Phoenix666 writes:

Privacy advocates, public interest groups and even some celebrities are raising alarms about a proposal that could limit the ability of some website owners to disguise themselves.

The issue has caught fire over the past few months as an obscure organization that manages the Internet's domain name system was inundated with comments about a proposal that could bar commercial websites from using proxies to register their web addresses.

Advocates argue anonymity is a key feature of free speech online, and removing that protection from people who create a website for commercial purposes could open vulnerable populations up to abuse.

El Reg reports:

As it stands on the last day of the comment period – 7 July – there are over 11,000 responses and the issue may break the previous record when ICANN proposed giving the green light to internet extension '.xxx' which would be used exclusively for adult content websites (in that case there were 12,757 comments).

Get while the gettin's good, Anonymous Cowards!

[Editor's Note: The "obscure organization" being ICANN...]

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  • (Score: 2, Disagree) by frojack on Sunday July 12 2015, @06:35PM

    by frojack (1554) on Sunday July 12 2015, @06:35PM (#208206) Journal

    Spam snail mail costs you exactly nothing. Just sayin...

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  • (Score: 5, Touché) by Justin Case on Sunday July 12 2015, @06:40PM

    by Justin Case (4239) on Sunday July 12 2015, @06:40PM (#208209) Journal

    > Spam snail mail costs you exactly nothing.

    Good. Please post your physical mailing address, then check back in a month and let me know how much you enjoyed the seconds I shaved off your life by making you sort and toss a ton of junk mail.

    • (Score: 2, Disagree) by frojack on Sunday July 12 2015, @07:15PM

      by frojack (1554) on Sunday July 12 2015, @07:15PM (#208216) Journal

      yeah, nice try son.

      But I'm not attempting to operate a commercial enterprise on the net while hiding behind an anonymous registration.

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      • (Score: 0) by Anonymous Coward on Sunday July 12 2015, @07:37PM

        by Anonymous Coward on Sunday July 12 2015, @07:37PM (#208226)

        WTF? I want to register a domain and I don't want my name and address associated with domains I register.

        Oooooh it could be used by commercial enterprises or spammers! Tough shit.

      • (Score: 1) by TheMessageNotTheMessenger on Sunday July 12 2015, @08:49PM

        by TheMessageNotTheMessenger (5664) on Sunday July 12 2015, @08:49PM (#208238)

        You have something to hide! What's next? You one a dem terrist or something?

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      • (Score: 2) by Justin Case on Monday July 13 2015, @01:59AM

        by Justin Case (4239) on Monday July 13 2015, @01:59AM (#208306) Journal

        Neither am I.

        Son.