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==Criticism==
==Criticism==
AboutUs has been criticized for displaying public whois data information from websites. The website has a bot which scrapes information from a website and uses it to make a starter AboutUs wiki page. The initial seeding of the wiki had a bot that disregarded websites protected by a robots.txt.  Websites are still vulnerable due to the fact that the wiki encourages AboutUs users to add information about the website to it.  The Wiki encourages users to register with their real names.  Internet safety experts advise against this.   
AboutUs has been criticized for displaying public whois data information from websites. The website has a bot which scrapes information from a website and uses it to make a starter AboutUs wiki page. The initial seeding of the wiki had a bot that disregarded websites protected by a robots.txt.  Websites are still vulnerable due to the fact that the wiki encourages AboutUs users to add information about the website to it.   


===Response===
===Response===
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