ICANN and domain registration information...

[CAZ]

Not sure where I heard this, but I understood that ICANN was making a decision, or had made a decision to change/force whois inquiries to reveal only specific information about a domain...
I.E a whois would only reveal the name/contact of the registrar and NOT the owner of the domain.
Basically, this would make all domain registrations inherently private by default.
Anyone know the details?

( I keep paying for private registration, and if I don’t need to...)

[CAZ]

Anyone, anyone?
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[GregK]

no idea?

They give out waaaaay too much info on Whois queries nowadays though IMO.

[CAZ]

If i recal correctly the fact that to much information is provided was exactly the catalyst for this...
Apparently one to many persons were tracked down by ill-willed individuals through information gleaned from a WHOIS.