[rib3ye]

> Note: By checking this box, I acknowledge that I am filing a document into an official FCC proceeding. All information submitted, including names and addresses, will be publicly available via the web.

Is there really not a way to submit an express FCC comment that avoids all my personal info being publicly published to the web? Yeesh.

[jubilanti]

Think of it like a petition or testifying before Congress. The whole point is that you are putting your real name behind it.

And if you think your name and address are private, then I have some bad news for you.

[rib3ye]

I spend a lot of time filing requests to take down my home address. Most low-hanging fruit options have been scrubbed. I am hesitant to increase the count.

[jubilanti]

You mean the link between your name and home address? Impossible to scrub. If you're registered to vote, own a home, or many other things, that is legally a matter of public record.

[iamnothere]

Some people put their home in a trust to avoid this, and not everyone registers to vote.

[helterskelter]

IIRC the only way to keep who owns a home truly anonymous (short of a court getting involved) is to create a shell company (not an LLC) and have your attorney sign off on the deed as a representative of the company. Problem is you have to pay a lot more tax if/when you sell (I believe it's considered income, instead of capital gains). LLC's, and I believe, trusts, are fairly easy to sort out the ownership of -- they obscure your name from people finding out where you live, but if somebody is curious who lives at your address, they just have to pull up docs on the legal entity. This probably wouldn't even cause an inconvenience for somebody with access to LexisNexis or whatever.

(Don't quote me on this, if somebody knows better please fill me in)

[iamnothere]

You need a blind trust, biggest downside is you won’t be able to manage the property anymore. It’s expensive to set up as well.

[godwinson__4-8]

Username checks out

[themafia]

Private Mail Boxes are a godsend. In California this can even be the address on your state ID. You do have to give them your residence address but they consider that private information and only share it with authorized agencies.

[sailfast]

Yes. You need to stand up as a citizen to have the impact (they cross check).

Publication is probably a bit much as a default and chills speech a bit, but it’s also important that the federal register can remain public with all public comment on the web. These are official comments on the record.

[riffic]

call your congress critter instead

[adolph]

what, they keep no records, or as lege branch they aren't foi-able so you won't ever know if they do or not?

[criddell]

They aren't publishing them on the web.

They probably do keep records, but something doesn't have to be perfect in order to be better.