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Domains May Disappear After Search
Ponca City, We Love You writes "Daily Domainer has a story alleging that there may be a leak that allows domain tasters to intercept, analyze and register your domain ideas in minutes. 'Every time you do a whois search with any service, you run a risk of losing your domain,' says one industry insider. ICANN's Security and Stability Advisory Committee (SSAC ) has not been able to find hard evidence of Domain Name Front Running but they have issued an advisory (pdf) for people to come forward with hard evidence it is happening. Here is how domain name research theft crimes can occur and some tips to avoiding being a victim."
Quote from the article: "I love when I see search engines like Google stick their neck out and tell the US Government that not even Uncle Sam can have access to user's search data."
When you read that some company told the U.S. government it could not have access, you should not believe that means the U.S. government did not get access. It could mean that access was allowed, but that the company was allowed to lie about it. It could mean that lower-level executives in the company were threatened with prison, arranged access, and were allowed to keep the access secret.
The U.S. government believes that it can get any information from any U.S. company at any time by threatening to put the executives of the company in prison. The U.S. government believes that it can keep that secret. The U.S. government believes that it can lie to the world and to U.S. citizens.
When there is widespread corruption, it is not wise to believe in limits to that corruption unless you have very good facts and reasons. The U.S. government has killed, or arranged the death of, or done things that resulted in the death of, an estimated 11,000,000 people since the end of the 2nd World War by invading or bombing 25 countries. All of that violence was for profit. For example, the purpose of occupying Iraq is to restrict the supply of oil and therefore drive up the price.