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Ventura, CA | NSI destroys its own protection argument in WSJ article WSJ writer Chris Rhoades has a nice summary article in the Jan15 online edition:
»online.wsj.com/article/SB1200359···009.html
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In the article, Rhoades reports a telling statement from NSI about a change they’ve made in reaction to criticism of their name-seizing scam.
NSI says that it will make sure names held in reserve won’t be made public, a revelation that completely unhinges NSI’s argument for “protection”. If nobody can detect domain names searched through NSI (thanks to NSI’s curious “NOW they won’t be made public” fix), then searched names will be completely safe without holding. If, however, someone can detect domain names searched through NSI, then names run the same risk of front-running whether held or not, since NSI will cheerfully sell the name to anyone. |
