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

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post #223

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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.

>> doesn't sync properly between devices

which is good, actually. We don't want a way through which a server could tell a new device all the information it needs to decrypt messags

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

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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…

Curiously enough, .me's whois record does not list Identity Digital as a contact (as seems to be standard practice with externally-managed ccTLDs, such as .gi), and .me is not listed on Identity Digital's "TLD Portfolio"[0]

On the other hand, all of their infrastructure (registry websites, nameservers, whois server) are hosted on Identity Digital, Godaddy, and Afilias IPs. Does anyone know what the relationship between .me and Identity Digital is?

[0]: https://identity.digital/tld-portfolio

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

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post #122

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Clue me in? Is GoDaddy particularly censorial as a registrar?

Their TOS isn't very protective of domains. Tend to disable at the slightest fake email. Namecheap/Spaceship are a little better, IIRC.

Namecheap was recently sold to PE. I had been with them for decades and immediately transferred to Cloudflare. Lessor of evils.

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

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post #93

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squarespace is legit. GCP cloud domains are moved to them.

Never had any trouble with them, but also moving away from them is unnecessarily hard (the code sometimes takes a day to arrive) and they cover the entire interface with their paid hosting stuff which makes them a poor registrar. I ended up on them because of Google Domains selling off but got off them because very annoying to use.

hm, tbh for me Squarespace is the most professional and ad-free UI (compare to Godaddy, and others)

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

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squarespace is legit. GCP cloud domains are moved to them.

I'd honestly be careful with squarespace. They are owned by private equity, advertise on countless YouTube channels, and at the same time their core market is under a looming threat from the AI companies. You need your domain registrar to be stable and predictable. Their profile is not that.

which one then?

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

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post #243

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…

Curiously enough, .me's whois record does not list Identity Digital as a contact (as seems to be standard practice with externally-managed ccTLDs, such as .gi), and .me is not listed on Identity Digital's "TLD Portfolio"[0] On the other hand, all of their infrastructure (registry websites, nameservers, whois server) are hosted on Identity Digital, Godaddy, and Afilias IPs. Does anyone know what the relationship betwe…

Absolutely. According to a recent Montenegro government document, doMEn is owned by: GoDaddy.com LLC 38.352% Identity Digital Limited 36.848% ME-net (local montenegrinian network) 24.8%.

doMEn is the registry of .ME.

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

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post #223

Earlier quoted context omitted.

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

>> doesn't sync properly between devices which is good, actually. We don't want a way through which a server could tell a new device all the information it needs to decrypt messags

Make it device-to-device then

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

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post #223

Earlier quoted context omitted.

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

>> doesn't sync properly between devices which is good, actually. We don't want a way through which a server could tell a new device all the information it needs to decrypt messags

I thought this was a long solved problem: the server syncs encrypted data, and the user provides the decryption key from another device (via QR codes, BLE, …)

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

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.st went down for most of a day: https://blorn.com/post/29851770158/beware-cutesy-two-letter-... Little TLDs may be poorly run. Would not trust again.

Technical failures are different from procedural ones (didn’t verisign blow up dot com or something years ago?). The future is domain resiliency - whether that’s via apps or other methods.

I currently check Wikipedia to find out the current domain for sites that are subject to frequent takedowns.
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