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Setting up a free *.city.state.us locality domain (2025)

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Re: Setting up a free *.city.state.us locality domain (2025)

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Post by yieldcrv »

tuwtuwtuwtuw wrote: post #204
yieldcrv wrote: post #197

Earlier quoted context omitted.

The issue is the spam All of our personal identification data is available, not by design, but it is available

What kind of spam is that? All my info is available online, but I don't really get much spam. Of course, I get spam to my email but my email address is everywhere (also by design) so that's no wonder.

Its caller spam, this subthread is about a shared American experience of receiving spam calls to our cellphones all day in such volume that many of us route all calls to voicemail automatically.

I think you're misinterpreting it as an obsession over privacy. We are victims of unscrupulous scam caller spam due to a multi tiered failure in how our government implements public utilities, and in the meantime we are chiseling at solutions such as enforcing rules on the data brokers who have our information for lease.

Which seems to be working, for people that pay for services to solve this problem. And California's government is simply doing that same service for free for its residents.

Re: Setting up a free *.city.state.us locality domain (2025)

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Post by arionhardison »

embedding-shape wrote: post #159
arionhardison wrote: post #149

I'm working on something like this... its: . .codify.city e.g.: https://los-angeles.us.codify.city or https://paris.fr.codify.city etc..... my goal is to replace sites from https://www.civicplus.com/ and https://www.revize.com/ with AI-native interfaces into city services, governments, economies etc... like a local AI-agent Economy managed by actual governing officials etc... but the admin is a separate product ATM.…

> its: . .codify.city > https://codify.nyc Sorry for maybe misunderstanding, but isn't it supposed to be "new-york.us.codify.city" you're about to launch, given the other examples you've made? Wouldn't "codify.nyc" be the wrong way around?

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Re: Setting up a free *.city.state.us locality domain (2025)

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Post by nickswalker »

chimeracoder wrote: post #160
nickswalker wrote: post #152

Unfortunately the author is correct that you’re pretty screwed if the locality is no longer delegated. I messaged GoDaddy to register one in Boston, they asked for a _notarized_ letter on the local governments letter head approving. No one within the Boston city government knew what their procedure would be, and those willing to say yes didn’t have a notary around. They ended up citing a state law indicating that no…

> They ended up citing a state law indicating that no locality domains were to be used for _government_ purposes in MA as their reason to say no, when of course that has no bearing on private use… > If anyone would like to band together to push city of Boston or Cambridge to start approving these, please let me know! I can revive some email chains. I'm confused by this. Some have migrated away from the locality domai…

Yes, I believe the state policy says no _new_ government use of .us locality subdomains, but old uses might be disruptive to remove and may remain: https://www.mass.gov/policy-advisory/website-domain-policy

It's frustrating that I can point to https://www.foxharp.boston.ma.us as evidence of private use of .boston.ma.us and still be brushed off.

Re: Setting up a free *.city.state.us locality domain (2025)

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Post by tuwtuwtuwtuw »

yieldcrv wrote: post #211
tuwtuwtuwtuw wrote: post #204

Earlier quoted context omitted.

What kind of spam is that? All my info is available online, but I don't really get much spam. Of course, I get spam to my email but my email address is everywhere (also by design) so that's no wonder.

Its caller spam, this subthread is about a shared American experience of receiving spam calls to our cellphones all day in such volume that many of us route all calls to voicemail automatically. I think you're misinterpreting it as an obsession over privacy. We are victims of unscrupulous scam caller spam due to a multi tiered failure in how our government implements public utilities, and in the meantime we are chise…

I see. Didn't know it was legal to call people like that in the US, so I misunderstood.

Re: Setting up a free *.city.state.us locality domain (2025)

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Post by [deleted] »

Kneecaps07 wrote: post #189
bombcar wrote: post #53

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The notarized letter may be easier to get than you think - if you live in the city/county. The key is being professional, polite, and present.

I don't understand why getting a letter notarized is being treated as some huge ordeal. Pretty much any bank or credit union has a notary on staff. It takes 5 minutes. Many lawyers and accountants are notaries. Many people here probably know someone who is a notary and they don't even realize it.

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Re: Setting up a free *.city.state.us locality domain (2025)

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Post by sometalk »

nickswalker wrote: post #209
sometalk wrote: post #186

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I am not sure I understand. Are you saying boston.ma.us and cambridge.ma.us are no longer delegated? A whois record on both of the subdomains tells me there is a registrar for it. Either ways, I am happy to band together if it makes a difference.

My proposed way of breaking the logjam with city of Boston has two prongs: 1. Have several independent people simultaneously and persistently asking for a letter allowing them to have a subdomain. Provide social proof that at least a few people want the city to provide this service. 2. Obtain a letter from another MA locality which is more willing/able, to be able to show the city that its possible within state rules…

I live in Cambridge and have been tangentially involved with city hall on volunteer basis. I am happy to ask there or one of the amenable councilors.

Re: Setting up a free *.city.state.us locality domain (2025)

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Post by nickswalker »

sometalk wrote: post #218
nickswalker wrote: post #209

Earlier quoted context omitted.

My proposed way of breaking the logjam with city of Boston has two prongs: 1. Have several independent people simultaneously and persistently asking for a letter allowing them to have a subdomain. Provide social proof that at least a few people want the city to provide this service. 2. Obtain a letter from another MA locality which is more willing/able, to be able to show the city that its possible within state rules…

I live in Cambridge and have been tangentially involved with city hall on volunteer basis. I am happy to ask there or one of the amenable councilors.

That would be great. Please let us know how it goes

Re: Setting up a free *.city.state.us locality domain (2025)

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Post by kmoser »

mikey_p wrote: post #203
kmoser wrote: post #171

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It's a vector for identity theft.

My name, and the very fact that I exist are vectors for identity theft. But that doesn't mean I should keep those facts secret either, or that simply attempting to keep them secret will have any effect whatsoever.

Would you post your name, address, DOB, and SSN here? They're easily discoverable on the Internet anyway, so why would you try to keep them a secret? (This is a rhetorical question. I'm not asking you to post that info, for obvious reasons.)
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