Now the bad, as quoted from http://www.domainwarning.com/:

mining whois and domain slamming-
Because all the data is there for the taking, spammers and marketers “mine” the whois database and harvest registrant data including addresses, fax numbers and email addresses. This is a real problem, and there have been very slow moving Whois database reform processes creeping through ICANN as well as CIRA in Canada.

In the meantime though, people may wonder why is it that shortly after they register a domain name, they start getting all kinds of marketing spam in their mailbox. This is because their email address is being harvested by robots from the Whois database. There is a free service to protect your email address called MyPrivacy.ca.

The variation on this is some registrars (and there is one outfit who is particularly notorious for this) which is mining the whois database for registrant information, and then mailing out what look like renewal invoices for either those domain names or variations of them.

Unsuspecting recipients think they’ve received a renewal invoice on their domain and then remit payment, initiating a domain transfer without realizing it. Surprise, you’ve been slammed. In the worst cases your website and email comes crashing down as your DNS services terminate with your old provider.

Also: As I warned one young lady recently, there are stalkers out there. Do you want your highschool age daughter to give her home address and phone number? Once they see who owns the domain, they go to Facebook and learn more. Now how easy is it to guess your passwords based upon your birthdate and other personal details?

“Being the genius he is, he used his real name and address on his registration details.”

Does it mean we should not use our real name and address when registering domain name or hosting..?

I’m sorry, I really don’t know.. i’m teh loser maybe. lol