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"Last week, Microsoft’s Digital Crimes Unit (DCU) successfully executed a court order to disrupt and transfer control of six internet domains..." What does thi

by polack 8y ago

"Last week, Microsoft’s Digital Crimes Unit (DCU) successfully executed a court order to disrupt and transfer control of six internet domains..." What does this mean? Was the domains hosted on Microsoft DNS servers? Or did Microsoft get a court order to go after domains hosted by other companies? I'm probably missing something, but isn't that the job of the police?

lern_too_spel 8y ago
The article says what it means and lists the six domain names. The domain names look like domain names owned by Microsoft and its customers, so Microsoft can take them down for impersonation.
- polack 8y ago
  Not all of them where impersonating Microsoft domains. Still can't understand how Microsoft managed to take these domains down if they weren't hosted by Microsoft in the first place.
badrabbit 8y ago
Latter,they work with governments a lot to take down malware domains and such
- polack 8y ago
  Why is the court letting Microsoft handle these cases? I understand it's convenient if Microsoft is the one detecting the domains and handing the case over to a court. But shouldt't these crimes be investigated by proper police?
  - badrabbit 8y ago
    They don't directly enforce any laws. Think of it like neighboorhood watch people that find suspicious criminal activity and call the cops. They do all the investigation and leave the guns,handcuffs and prosecution to the government.
vfclists 8y ago
This seems similar to the scheme in which Microsoft diverted the no-ip.com DNS to their servers some legal shenanigans, namely some system of being able to get a judgement without informing the owner of the domain they were going after. Ars Technica http://bit.ly/2whNn9x http://bit.ly/2whNn9x, zdnet https://zd.net/2MLdcZU https://zd.net/2MLdcZU Since when did they become the policemen of the internet. and do the judges who authorize these things have an understanding of the internet at all?

by polack 8y ago

lern_too_spel 8y ago

The article says what it means and lists the six domain names. The domain names look like domain names owned by Microsoft and its customers, so Microsoft can take them down for impersonation.

polack 8y ago
Not all of them where impersonating Microsoft domains. Still can't understand how Microsoft managed to take these domains down if they weren't hosted by Microsoft in the first place.

badrabbit 8y ago

Latter,they work with governments a lot to take down malware domains and such

polack 8y ago
Why is the court letting Microsoft handle these cases? I understand it's convenient if Microsoft is the one detecting the domains and handing the case over to a court. But shouldt't these crimes be investigated by proper police?
- badrabbit 8y ago
  They don't directly enforce any laws. Think of it like neighboorhood watch people that find suspicious criminal activity and call the cops. They do all the investigation and leave the guns,handcuffs and prosecution to the government.

vfclists 8y ago

This seems similar to the scheme in which Microsoft diverted the no-ip.com DNS to their servers some legal shenanigans, namely some system of being able to get a judgement without informing the owner of the domain they were going after. Ars Technica http://bit.ly/2whNn9x http://bit.ly/2whNn9x, zdnet https://zd.net/2MLdcZU https://zd.net/2MLdcZU Since when did they become the policemen of the internet. and do the judges who authorize these things have an understanding of the internet at all?