On Sat, Mar 21, 1998 at 09:25:02PM -0500, Dean Robb wrote:
So far, MOST (but not all) of those (that I've seen) arguing vehemently for complete anonymity in WhoIs and/or having no valid contact data are those persons trying to hide their identity because they are engaging in Net abuse of one form or another. There are a few, though, that are just privacy fanatics with no special agenda.
I'll note here, (being the smut monger that I am :-) that several of the "live-cam" site operators, the JenniCam, for example, have whois information that is _useful_, but might be accused of being "misleading" for good reasons which I ought not have to explain. On the net, no one knows where you live. Cheers, -- jr 'unless you put your ICBM address in your sig' a -- Jay R. Ashworth jra@baylink.com Member of the Technical Staff Unsolicited Commercial Emailers Sued The Suncoast Freenet "Two words: Darth Doogie." -- Jason Colby, Tampa Bay, Florida on alt.fan.heinlein +1 813 790 7592 Managing Editor, Top Of The Key sports e-zine ------------ http://www.totk.com