SnapNames will use its database of information about prospective domain name owners to facilitate auctions of inactive and expired domain names.

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Anybody can get in that database and get all kinds of information about the domain-name holder.

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This doesn't include sites or posts digging up evidential information, like the MacBook Air domain name stuff.

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Few people realize how much information a DNS server sees can be seen by organizations that are part of the domain name system.

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