I was just reading the article below…finding it interesting about the setup and structure of ICANN…Jon Postel, who started the whole thing. It's worth a read, I thought.
BUT, I found the quote below I had to share. Notice the term "GATED" as in Tom Hanks comment The gate is good. The way they describe it here is that "gate" is a secret. The secret is secured.
I didn't know if you guys had come up with that. I didn't know it myself.
https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/ICANN
"It recommends it be replaced with a system that keeps most registration information secret (or "gated") from most Internet users, and only discloses information for "permissible purposes"."