Re: "The ludicrous situation" is the GDPR attempting to gut WHOIS
The problem here is that ANYTHING that is open to the public is ALSO (part and parcel) open to ABUSE. Which is more important: being able to find someone who may well be acting on an alias, or protecting honest proprietors from being filched by shysters who take your publicly-available information and steal your identity?
Biting the hand that feeds IT
