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While it may help with squatting and spam domains, I don't think it is anything more than a way for the government to censor content by attempting to identify e

While it may help with squatting and spam domains, I don't think it is anything more than a way for the government to censor content by attempting to identify exactly who is behind each domain in country. What I don't understand is this retroactive, meaning domains previously registered will be required to provide such information. In some ways though I do think it is a well intentioned idea with requiring some higher level of verification to register a domain name. Assuming that is all it is...

bad_user 17y ago
> In some ways though I do think it is a well intentioned idea Yeah, well ... the road to hell is paved with good intentions. They already have enough to identify you, unless you've given a false name / address. In which case they would only have to track the financial transaction ... and impose a rule that domains with untraceable owners should instantly be terminated (and I think this already applies to all tlds). What in the world do they need a picture for? I guess it's for fast reaction times, to identify more efficiently when they send the police at your door. Or for increased levels of paranoia amongst the population, keeping you honest and all that.
- jeffmould 17y ago
  Oh I agree the photo is excessive. Never said the whole idea was great, just that the theory of requiring business registration verification or name verification is most likely well intentioned. What makes the whole thing skeptical and scary is that it is the government asking for this and not a specific registrar's policy.
  - bad_user 17y ago
    > the theory of requiring business registration verification or name verification is most likely well intentioned. But what good will that do? Surely having a verifiable online ID might be useful in collaborating with other people that might need some assurance you're a real person that's accountable for his behavior. But for domains, the only requirement should be as it is now ... that you must give accurate contact information. And asking for an address is too much for me anyway ... since if you're not careful about protecting it, you can become a target for maniacs (I'm still pretty pissed off about what happened to Kathy Sierra, which had the best blog I've ever read). Either way, you won't get rid of spammers, fraudsters or jerkiness.

bad_user 17y ago

> In some ways though I do think it is a well intentioned idea Yeah, well ... the road to hell is paved with good intentions. They already have enough to identify you, unless you've given a false name / address. In which case they would only have to track the financial transaction ... and impose a rule that domains with untraceable owners should instantly be terminated (and I think this already applies to all tlds). What in the world do they need a picture for? I guess it's for fast reaction times, to identify more efficiently when they send the police at your door. Or for increased levels of paranoia amongst the population, keeping you honest and all that.

jeffmould 17y ago
Oh I agree the photo is excessive. Never said the whole idea was great, just that the theory of requiring business registration verification or name verification is most likely well intentioned. What makes the whole thing skeptical and scary is that it is the government asking for this and not a specific registrar's policy.
- bad_user 17y ago
  > the theory of requiring business registration verification or name verification is most likely well intentioned. But what good will that do? Surely having a verifiable online ID might be useful in collaborating with other people that might need some assurance you're a real person that's accountable for his behavior. But for domains, the only requirement should be as it is now ... that you must give accurate contact information. And asking for an address is too much for me anyway ... since if you're not careful about protecting it, you can become a target for maniacs (I'm still pretty pissed off about what happened to Kathy Sierra, which had the best blog I've ever read). Either way, you won't get rid of spammers, fraudsters or jerkiness.