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Because other governments found it unfair that one country (the US) could control the global namespace.
by wavesquid 6y ago
Because other governments found it unfair that one country (the US) could control the global namespace.
- notyourwork 6y agoAnd now look at how many TLDs we have.
- notechback 6y agoWhat's so bad about having maths TLDs?
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- Causality1 6y agoPeople having a passing familiarity with all the TLDs increases security. You know to trust Microsoft.com but it would be easy trick someone into clicking a link to Microsoft.c0m or some such.
- quickthrower2 6y agoThere is no c0m but it’d be more like Microsoft.ninja or Microsoft.fun
- SCHiM 6y agoMicrosoft.trust?
- agustif 6y agomicro.soft
- quickthrower2 6y agoThen I know I’m being phished!
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- rapnie 6y agoIt should probably belong better under the umbrella of the UN.
- kitteh 6y agoEh - the UN doesn't really have a good track record with things like this. See the ITU as an example.
- bitxbitxbitcoin 6y agoI fear for the .tw domain space if ICANN were to fall under the purview of the UN in any way.
- rasz 6y agoAh yes, UN, excellent idea https://unwatch.org/un-sells-3-womens-rights-bodies-oil-rich-saudi-arabia/ https://unwatch.org/un-sells-3-womens-rights-bodies-oil-rich...
- Ixio 6y agoPerhaps like democracy it is the least bad option.
- Causality1 6y agoThe sad part is, giving up control doesn't seem to have stopped other nations from slowly severing themselves from the global conversation like the Great Firewall and Russianet.
- zentiggr 6y agoUntil homo sapiens evolves past tribal effects, those sorts of things will continue happening. Lamentable but symptomatic.