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Re: .io considered harmful

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Post by evantbyrne »

KaiserPro wrote: post #40

The article starts with "everything is FACT" then ends with: Every .io domain you buy funds a government committing crimes against humanity. Every .io domain you renew legitimises and reinforces the continued exile of the Chagossians. which is hyperbole at best, and bollocks at worst. .io isn't sold or owned by the british (or US) government Most people don't understand what .io is for, moreover the UK goverment has…

The invocation of "colonialism" in tech discussions tends to be a pretty reliable indication that what follows will be gibberish.

Re: .io considered harmful

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Post by ozyschmozy »

thiht wrote: post #95
teddyh wrote: post #2

I would go further and say this: Never treat foreign ccTLD’s (two-letter domains) as anything you can just register and use a domain in. You should only ever use a ccTLD of your own country or region you actually have your main presence in. Your domain name is often your most secure key to your entire online identity, and you want that to be on as a secure legal footing as possible. Older discussion here: https://new…

I used to work at a registrar and I completely agree with you. This is exactly my take as well (with a small exception for .eu, just don't use it) For your online identity (ie email address) I'd even go as far as suggesting not using a ccTLD at all, no matter if you check all the boxes. No fancy gTLD either, just use a .com. I don't think any TLD is remotely as reliable as this one (maybe .net because they're both Ve…

What's wrong with .eu domains?

Re: .io considered harmful

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Post by gowld »

jackcviers3 wrote: post #7

Here's a thought -- TLD's shouldn't be coupled to countries at all and should just be a string pointer to an IP address. But that's none of my business...

We lack a single world government.

You can make your own TLDs, like the Etherium folks do, but you have to convince other people to trust the name resolvers.

Re: .io considered harmful

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Post by teddyh »

oooyay wrote: post #52
teddyh wrote: post #2

I would go further and say this: Never treat foreign ccTLD’s (two-letter domains) as anything you can just register and use a domain in. You should only ever use a ccTLD of your own country or region you actually have your main presence in. Your domain name is often your most secure key to your entire online identity, and you want that to be on as a secure legal footing as possible. Older discussion here: https://new…

> Your domain name is often your most secure key to your entire online identity, and you want that to be on as a secure legal footing as possible. No, it absolutely isn't. Domain names are rented from a TLD registrar, someone who literally just controls a bunch of DNS servers and some automated systems that's approved by and has paid ICANN. They can reject your renewal for any reason and there's nothing you can do ab…

> Ordering from your own country maybe ups the ante from a civil court perspective if you have money to sue a registrar and the time to go to court for it.

Yes, that’s my point. If your local government and associated court system is completely unworkable for you (corruption, onerous fees, etc.), then some other TLD might be preferable. But a local citizen will almost always have a large advantage in a dispute with some foreign entity. Therefore, you should almost always try to get this advantage by using your local ccTLD.

Re: .io considered harmful

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Post by lnenad »

JohnFen wrote: post #105
gowld wrote: post #100

Earlier quoted context omitted.

That's like the Cuba buying Florida from the USA. Floridians wouldn't consider that "legal" People can't be legally bought and sold.

I don't think that buying land is the same as buying people.

Ok, I am buying your house from your neighbor then.

Re: .io considered harmful

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Post by tempodox »

KaiserPro wrote: post #40

The article starts with "everything is FACT" then ends with: Every .io domain you buy funds a government committing crimes against humanity. Every .io domain you renew legitimises and reinforces the continued exile of the Chagossians. which is hyperbole at best, and bollocks at worst. .io isn't sold or owned by the british (or US) government Most people don't understand what .io is for, moreover the UK goverment has…

> The article starts with "everything is FACT"

No, it doesn't. That phrase occurs nowhere in the article.

Re: .io considered harmful

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Post by angra_mainyu »

evantbyrne wrote: post #111
KaiserPro wrote: post #40

The article starts with "everything is FACT" then ends with: Every .io domain you buy funds a government committing crimes against humanity. Every .io domain you renew legitimises and reinforces the continued exile of the Chagossians. which is hyperbole at best, and bollocks at worst. .io isn't sold or owned by the british (or US) government Most people don't understand what .io is for, moreover the UK goverment has…

The invocation of "colonialism" in tech discussions tends to be a pretty reliable indication that what follows will be gibberish.

I was hoping we could keep our zealousness to tabs vs spaces, 2 vs 3 vs 4 vs 8 indentation levels, etc.

Re: .io considered harmful

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Post by captn3m0 »

teddyh wrote: post #2

I would go further and say this: Never treat foreign ccTLD’s (two-letter domains) as anything you can just register and use a domain in. You should only ever use a ccTLD of your own country or region you actually have your main presence in. Your domain name is often your most secure key to your entire online identity, and you want that to be on as a secure legal footing as possible. Older discussion here: https://new…

Strong agree. I use my country’s ccTLD as my primary domain, and my domain was stuck in limbo for 6 years where I could not move registrars because the Registry decided to do a hostile takeover of all domains managed by a specific registrar. The lawsuit and arbitration took 4-5 years, and the registry had to apologise in the end.

But that limbo was quite scary to deal with, not being able to change my nameserver or renew the domain.

I’ve documented it here: https://gist.github.com/captn3m0/3ca2752f1394ef779d0e0bd0e04...

Re: .io considered harmful

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Post by indigochill »

JohnFen wrote: post #105
gowld wrote: post #100

Earlier quoted context omitted.

That's like the Cuba buying Florida from the USA. Floridians wouldn't consider that "legal" People can't be legally bought and sold.

I don't think that buying land is the same as buying people.

The line is kinda blurry when the land houses people who have no representation in the sale. Sure, you don't own the people, but you now own their land.
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