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I suspect Estonia is going to get a lot more e-Residents if this happens. https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/E-Residency_of_Estonia https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/E-

I suspect Estonia is going to get a lot more e-Residents if this happens. https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/E-Residency_of_Estonia https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/E-Residency_of_Estonia

isostatic 8y ago
Who in the UK actually has a .eu domain? It can't be that high. Now wanting a legal presence in the EU despite a bunch of old uneducated people ripping it away from you? Sure, that makes sense, and Estonia may be part of the solution, but I don't see it for a .eu domain?
- mariuolo 8y ago
  > Who in the UK actually has a .eu domain? It can't be that high. leave.eu :)
  - jordz 8y ago
    The irony.
    - dest 8y ago
      It's actually a smart domain registrar unsubscribe once the goal is achieved!
      - joefife 8y ago
        Even better for the person that re-registers the soon-to-be-deleted leave.eu domain. Imagine that - a goldmine of email addresses of gullible people who will buy any old crap. A marketing wet dream.
        gumby 8y ago
        Farage can do this thanks to his German residency!
        isostatic 8y ago
        Almost all of the leading quitters have European residency if not citizenship
- fxfan 8y ago
  > Old uneducated people That's just needlessly dismissive.
  - jedberg 8y ago
    And yet is completely accurate: https://www.bbc.com/news/uk-politics-38762034 https://www.bbc.com/news/uk-politics-38762034
    - oh_sigh 8y ago
      No, it is not. There is a correlation in that the younger you are, and the more education you have, the less likely you were to vote for Brexit, but that doesn't mean that Brexit was only voted for by old uneducated people.
      - isostatic 8y ago
        Of course it wasn't only. Some young phds voted to brexit, where some 70+ who left school at 15 voted to remain. However time and again we see that ABC1, degree, young, guardian readers voted remain, and EDC2, GCSE, old, sun readers voted to leave, both in scientific polling and in anecdotes.
    - dingaling 8y ago
      Only if you associate 'uneducated' with 'lower ratio of university degrees'
- PaulKeeble 8y ago
  I seem to recall on Hacker news seeing an estimate of about 150k.
  - isostatic 8y ago
    Well there's 317k UK registrations of .eu domains (!!) How many of those will be to organizations that are pan-EU in any case, and it's a matter of transferring the registration address to an office/employee in a stable country. [0] https://bfmbusiness.bfmtv.com/hightech/brexit-les-britanniques-n-auront-plus-le-droit-aux-noms-de-domaine-en-eu-1408753.html https://bfmbusiness.bfmtv.com/hightech/brexit-les-britanniqu...
techsupporter 8y ago
Registering a .eu domain even through an Estonian domain registrar (I use zone.ee) using an Estonian e-residency ID (which I have) still requires a presence in the EU[0] so this probably won't help UK residents. 0 - One of the proposals to expand the .eu domain is to permit any EU citizen living anywhere on the planet to register a .eu domain but it's not gone into effect yet.
- mimixco 8y ago
  Estonia's e-residency website lists several companies who can provide a legal, physical address in Estonia. Wouldn't that work for EU domain registration?
  - ghego1 8y ago
    No, one would need to incorporate a company in Estonia
    - mcv 8y ago
      Is that a problem? And does it have to be a company, or can it also be a foundation or something?
    - mimixco 8y ago
      Yes, that's one of the features of e-residency. The same service providers offer both incorporation and a physical address.
AhtiK 8y ago
The naming is a bit misleading, e-residency provides absolutely no residency, it's a convenient way to digitally authenticate yourself as a natural person and sign documents digitally in an eIDAS-compatible framework.

I suspect Estonia is going to get a lot more e-Residents if this happens. https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/E-Residency_of_Estonia https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/E-Residency_of_Estonia

isostatic 8y ago

Who in the UK actually has a .eu domain? It can't be that high. Now wanting a legal presence in the EU despite a bunch of old uneducated people ripping it away from you? Sure, that makes sense, and Estonia may be part of the solution, but I don't see it for a .eu domain?

mariuolo 8y ago
> Who in the UK actually has a .eu domain? It can't be that high. leave.eu :)
- jordz 8y ago
  The irony.
  - dest 8y ago
    It's actually a smart domain registrar unsubscribe once the goal is achieved!
    - joefife 8y ago
      Even better for the person that re-registers the soon-to-be-deleted leave.eu domain. Imagine that - a goldmine of email addresses of gullible people who will buy any old crap. A marketing wet dream.
      - gumby 8y ago
        Farage can do this thanks to his German residency!
        isostatic 8y ago
        Almost all of the leading quitters have European residency if not citizenship
fxfan 8y ago
> Old uneducated people That's just needlessly dismissive.
- jedberg 8y ago
  And yet is completely accurate: https://www.bbc.com/news/uk-politics-38762034 https://www.bbc.com/news/uk-politics-38762034
  - oh_sigh 8y ago
    No, it is not. There is a correlation in that the younger you are, and the more education you have, the less likely you were to vote for Brexit, but that doesn't mean that Brexit was only voted for by old uneducated people.
    - isostatic 8y ago
      Of course it wasn't only. Some young phds voted to brexit, where some 70+ who left school at 15 voted to remain. However time and again we see that ABC1, degree, young, guardian readers voted remain, and EDC2, GCSE, old, sun readers voted to leave, both in scientific polling and in anecdotes.
  - dingaling 8y ago
    Only if you associate 'uneducated' with 'lower ratio of university degrees'
PaulKeeble 8y ago
I seem to recall on Hacker news seeing an estimate of about 150k.
- isostatic 8y ago
  Well there's 317k UK registrations of .eu domains (!!) How many of those will be to organizations that are pan-EU in any case, and it's a matter of transferring the registration address to an office/employee in a stable country. [0] https://bfmbusiness.bfmtv.com/hightech/brexit-les-britanniques-n-auront-plus-le-droit-aux-noms-de-domaine-en-eu-1408753.html https://bfmbusiness.bfmtv.com/hightech/brexit-les-britanniqu...

techsupporter 8y ago

Registering a .eu domain even through an Estonian domain registrar (I use zone.ee) using an Estonian e-residency ID (which I have) still requires a presence in the EU[0] so this probably won't help UK residents. 0 - One of the proposals to expand the .eu domain is to permit any EU citizen living anywhere on the planet to register a .eu domain but it's not gone into effect yet.

mimixco 8y ago
Estonia's e-residency website lists several companies who can provide a legal, physical address in Estonia. Wouldn't that work for EU domain registration?
- ghego1 8y ago
  No, one would need to incorporate a company in Estonia
  - mcv 8y ago
    Is that a problem? And does it have to be a company, or can it also be a foundation or something?
  - mimixco 8y ago
    Yes, that's one of the features of e-residency. The same service providers offer both incorporation and a physical address.

AhtiK 8y ago

The naming is a bit misleading, e-residency provides absolutely no residency, it's a convenient way to digitally authenticate yourself as a natural person and sign documents digitally in an eIDAS-compatible framework.