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Yeah, it's irresponsible to tell the truth in your WHOIS. That information is a perfect start for launching a social engineering attack as well.

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My (UK) ISP puts my full name and address, home phone, email etc. in my /64 v6 allocation, and I think also for the v4 address. It's not optional, but then again I'm not worried about being randomly shot by SWAT.

hope you don't live in Germany then http://www.mth-partner.de/wettbewerbsrecht-anwalt/cyber-law-...

You're not at risk of getting SWAT'ed in Germany, though.

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