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Re: Telegram's t.me domain has been suspended

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Post by SXX »

mike_d wrote: post #209
ivanmontillam wrote: post #41

Earlier quoted context omitted.

But if you check the domain's expiration date, it's far away in year 2035. To the best of my knowledge, a domain can only be renewed in advance for up to 10 years. (that could be the reason for that status).

> To the best of my knowledge, a domain can only be renewed in advance for up to 10 years. That is the rule for COM/NET/ORG. ccTLDs can do what they please. That said, as a registrar I highly recommend people renew important domains for 9 years. It gives you maximum buffer but allows you to transfer to a new registrar even if your old or new one has the same misconception hard coded.

What domain zone let you register for more than 10 years?

Re: Telegram's t.me domain has been suspended

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Post by allarm »

wewxjfq wrote: post #216
vlian2088 wrote: post #213

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You accuse them of being hypocrites for staying silent about some other wars, while you are here downplaying the importance of a large scale war ("I support current thing" /pol/ lingo implies there is no valid reason to be against Russia's invasion of Ukraine, you have to be a brainwashed sheep to do that)? Sounds hypocritical to me. PS: The blog blanners and all that were so powerless, yet they still trigger you 4 y…

You should probably try replacing the name of the country in the phrase “ is not allowed” with your own nationality to understand what the problem is here.

> You accuse them of being hypocrites

They are.

> while you are here downplaying the importance of a large scale war

They aren't.

Re: Telegram's t.me domain has been suspended

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Post by SXX »

pylotlight wrote: post #219
sneak wrote: post #157

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Wait until you hear that the chats aren’t end to end encrypted.

wait until you hear why, and that you can optionally use e2e but lose other functionality.

And end-to-end encryption not supported on web client and doesn't sync properly between devices. Useless.

Re: Telegram's t.me domain has been suspended

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Post by SXX »

etc-hosts wrote: post #204
applfanboysbgon wrote: post #201

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> kiwi farms and 4chan are relatively harmless compare to what Telegram enables yet kiwi farms was taken offline at the behest of a political camp that has certain opinions about very basic stuffs that shouldn't even be grounds to be considered. Literally what the fuck is this take? Kiwifarms' central purpose for existing is to organize doxxing and harassment efforts. It has harassed multiple people into committing s…

News outlets have been reporting on how the Terrorgram, O9A, 764, and murder loving European fascist groups have been organizing on Telegram (it's in the name!) for years. Discord at least attempts to do some moderation about this. Telegram's strategy to deal with violent extremist groups on its platform is to not ban them but just make it hard to discover. But this doesn't stop someone already in the groups from inv…

Violent extremist groups can also meet in parks and go to a bars. Police should follow everyone around and make everyone wear mandatory surveillance devices. Let's call them portable telescreen.

Oh extremists can also buy knives...

Re: Telegram's t.me domain has been suspended

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Post by shishcat »

I found this post: "I contacted Identity Digital, the registry operator for the .ME domain zone, to request the reason why t.me was placed on "serverHold".

The company has now responded and confirmed that the domain was suspended due to OFAC-related compliance requirements.

The domain t.me has been placed on serverHold due to OFAC-related compliance requirements

Identity Digital also stated that, under its agreements with accredited registrars, it cannot provide further details directly to third parties. Any additional communication regarding the registry action must go through the domain's registrar, GoDaddy." [weird response, this is a serverHold, not a client lock]

As you can see, the Montenegrin government is NOT at fault. It’s a decision made by the two biggest stakeholders in the .ME registry, which together hold over 70%: the American companies GoDaddy and Identity Digital. In my opinion, it’s extremely sad that the countries managing TLDs have so little autonomy and are also constantly accused of doing wrong when it’s not their fault.

Re: Telegram's t.me domain has been suspended

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Post by fsuts »

inigyou wrote: post #179
fsuts wrote: post #167

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They moved to Dubai? So if a court order is obtained in UAE then they will likely comply, but not from other countries?

Or move again or hide forever. They already fled Russia and France. In Dubai they might be able to get protection with money.

Dubai isn’t a super power, they have to follow what USA and the major countries say.

Wasn’t long ago that they introduced extradition agreements so now it’s not a country anyone can hide in.

Re: Telegram's t.me domain has been suspended

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Post by [deleted] »

kelipso wrote: post #217
wewxjfq wrote: post #216

Earlier quoted context omitted.

You accuse them of being hypocrites for staying silent about some other wars, while you are here downplaying the importance of a large scale war ("I support current thing" /pol/ lingo implies there is no valid reason to be against Russia's invasion of Ukraine, you have to be a brainwashed sheep to do that)? Sounds hypocritical to me. PS: The blog blanners and all that were so powerless, yet they still trigger you 4 y…

I think the accusation is more that they are propagandized sheep doing what the sheep are expected to do instead of actually thinking about what they are doing from a wider perspective.

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Re: Telegram's t.me domain has been suspended

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Post by shishcat »

shishcat wrote: post #225

I found this post: "I contacted Identity Digital, the registry operator for the .ME domain zone, to request the reason why t.me was placed on "serverHold". The company has now responded and confirmed that the domain was suspended due to OFAC-related compliance requirements. The domain t.me has been placed on serverHold due to OFAC-related compliance requirements Identity Digital also stated that, under its agreements…

OFAC just announced sanctions against a VPN provider that had a t.me link listed as its website. I wonder if that's what triggered the t.me ban? They saw the domain in the filing and went, "Yep, ban the whole thing."

Re: Telegram's t.me domain has been suspended

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Post by FabCH »

drdexebtjl wrote: post #192
FabCH wrote: post #107

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FYI - Gandi was great, but they got bought by private equity a few years back and the price skyrocketed and service went downhill super fast after the buyout.

Oh. I haven’t had to renew in a few years. Any EU-based alternative you suggest for when my next renewal comes up?

If EU++ is ok, Infomaniak.
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