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Originally posted by UnseenWorld
I register my domains under my real name, and other than some spam, I have NEVER been contacted by anybody except for a legitimate business purpose. Quit being such a fucking wimpy paranoid.
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I have to say, it depends what sort of sites you run, as far as being contacted from people who got your info from WHOIS. I know of a girl who used to run an amateur website and she had a REALLY scary experience with a major stalker who got her information from WHOIS. This happened 3, maybe 4 years ago.
When I started my own amateur website 4 years ago, I was fairly clueless to the business and put my home phone #, full legal name, and a PO Box in my WHOIS info. I got some extremely scary phone calls from one rather obsessed fan before I smartened up and changed the name to a business name and the # to a cell. I was just glad I never had my home address on there...I feel certain that I would have had at least one very unwelcome vistor come to my home.
Anyway, like I said, it depends on the situation. Stalkers are a very real concern to amateurs. To content providers, such as yourself, or other "behind the scenes" site owners, it obviously isn't nearly as big of a problem.
Just my
Cassie