[comments-whois] Privacy issues with the WHOIS database

[Barbara Simons <simons@acm.org>]

I am very concerned about the threat to privacy created by the WHOIS
database.  The availability of personally identifiable information on WHOIS
raises major problems with respect to the increasingly serious problem of
identity theft.  Not only is identity theft a major problem for the victims,
but it is also a significant security threat, since identity theft can be
used to create false identification by criminals and terrorists.

I also strongly support the comments of Kathy Kleiman.

Sincerely,
Barbara Simons