Whois? More like WHOWAS: Domain database on verge of collapse over EU privacy
Found on The Register on Friday, 16 March 2018
Industry insiders fear that, without agreement, the Whois service, which publicly lists full contact details of domain-name registrants, will effectively shut down in order to avoid fines and possible lawsuits under the Euro rules.
That would leave law enforcement and intellectual property lawyers, among others, unable to access registrant details, and potentially give cybercriminals a larger window to carry out crimes.
Criminals use their real identity to register domains? That is kinda hard to believe. The only thing you get from the whois is spam.