It seems to me that the core requirement of whois data is contactabiliy?
What constitutes a private whois service?
And how can we improve on the status quo?
For me, the only thing that matters is not having my details out in the open. I had a namecheap whois privacy expire on me before a domain, and within a couple of weeks I had already gotten snail mail spam asking me to switch to some bogus domain registrar (80 bucks a year).
> And how can we improve on the status quo?
The current, arcane system, needs to be done away with. Whois returns the registrar, and if the feds get in touch with them they can get to owner. Isn't that good enough for law enforcement?