Why is whois information made public?

Question

Domain Name System

I registered a domain in the .COM zone with a large and respected provider, and my passport information (home address, phone number) ended up in whois. This is a public service, and it turns out that everyone sees the address where I live.
I'm not paranoid, but it makes me uncomfortable.
I called customer service, they offered to hide my passport details for an annual “additional fee”.
Although I'm not greedy, I don't want to pay extra.
It looks strange, I don’t even want to tell the provider my home address, and even more so that he puts it in public access.
Who understood this topic, please give specific advice:
Is it possible to indicate the address of your work (street, house, office, phone) instead of home in "whois"?

Answer 1

It looks strange, I don’t even want to tell the provider my home address, and even more so that he puts it in public access.

Formally, then he has the right to refuse you a service.
In fact, of course, no one cares.

Who understood this topic, please give specific advice:
Is it possible to indicate the address of your work (street, house, office, phone) instead of home in "whois"?

You can even arrange for the left person.
The only problem is that if someone wants to steal your domain, then you will not be able to confirm that you are the owner.
Well, and also, extremely rarely, registrars conduct checks even without competition for your domain - just for prevention. "And prove to us that you are you, send scans of documents with registration, etc."
For 20 years that I own 10 domains - I have encountered this 2 times.

Answer 2

for the first year of domain registration, the private person service is free.
https://www.reg.ru/support/domains/administrator-d...

Answer 3

Personally, it seems to me that they are posting this so that if the domain is going to be taken away, you can restore it, but then another question comes up, they have access to your personal data, why should they find out through whois

Answer 4

there are a lot of registrars who provide Whois Privacy for free, although it is pseudo. That is, the registrar itself changes the data to its own, and not ICANN.
Transfer and do not pay for privacy.