[prvit]

But that information isn’t public, it’s only visible to law enforcement.

This is how company ownership information should be treated too.

[mkconor]

Other users of the road do most of the enforcement. The police often get involved only at the behest of another user or if certain levels of misconduct are breached. It sounds like this transparency allows other citizens to do the low-level enforcement: organizing against an unwanted company buying that attempting to acquire more ownership your town might be analogous to honking, tailgating, etc.

[dang]

We've banned this account for breaking the site guidelines. Please see https://news.ycombinator.com/item?id=33804753.

(This is not about the parent comment—I'm just posting a reply here for clarity because the other post is already several days old.)

[prvit]

I'll just clear my cookies, change my VPN exit and continue posting. What's the point?