I’ve had these things up for years since I first registered a domain back in 2008. I’ve never been doxxed, or had any negative effect from this information being public.
I think at some point my registry stopped showing address information, but the name and email are still public.
I know that’s just anecdotal, but I feel the fears here are a bit overblown.
That tells me you're either self censoring or hold no controversial opinions which you share in public.
You doxxing yourself and nothing bad happening is lucky for you, but you should have enough self awareness to realize that nothing bad happened simply because you were not an interesting target. For others, the content they share makes them more interesting to potential attackers.
That's very trusting of you, Bart, and perhaps the police in Suginami, Japan are less likely to SWAT you than those in the USA, but you are placing trust in the population of the internet not to misuse the information you've shared, and that, in my view, is simply a case of security by obscurity.
That said, we used to have phone books with everyone’s name, number (and address?) distributed to everyone in town. I guess people are just bigger assholes when they’re not within throwing distance?
> placing trust in the population of the internet not to misuse the information
As far as this draft goes there is no such thing going on. The end of anonymous websites in EU as one member of the pirate party put it (and this article is claiming/accusing him of not reading the draft) has no bearing on the public.
In this context it is similar to the end of anonymous bank accounts. Even thou there are no anonymous bank accounts I, as a member of the public, still can't get anybodies personal information from a bank.
I think at some point my registry stopped showing address information, but the name and email are still public.
I know that’s just anecdotal, but I feel the fears here are a bit overblown.