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I'd switched registrars to Gandi as a form of protest when the US seized the domains of a UK travel agency that advertised tours of Cub. Because Gandi is based
by fmajid 3y ago
I'd switched registrars to Gandi as a form of protest when the US seized the domains of a UK travel agency that advertised tours of Cub. Because Gandi is based in France, it is not subject to US extraterritorial overreach. I stayed despite their higher prices because of good security like using FIDO U2F keys, so less likely to have an account hijacked, as I self-host my email and that is probably the single biggest point of failure in my threat model.
Can anyone recommend a registrar outside the US that has decent security? Some mentioned OVH and their CTO is a classmate of mine, but the French government is showing worrisome authoritarian trends and I'd prefer a country with strong protections for freedom of speech like Iceland or Norway or that has strong regulation of its spooks like Germany (because of their experience with the Stasi).
- fckthisguy 3y agoSwiss companies have a history of telling the US gov to pound dust. There's a list of Swiss based registrars (that provide .ch domains) maintained by the .ch NIC: https://www.nic.ch/registrars https://www.nic.ch/registrars
- hgsgm 3y agoIt's not overreach to enforce US law on individuals using US systems. (.com is in US jurisdiction). That's regular reach. https://www.google.com/amp/s/arstechnica.com/information-technology/2008/03/us-interferes-with-travel-to-cuba/amp/ https://www.google.com/amp/s/arstechnica.com/information-tec...