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> Ordering from your own country maybe ups the ante from a civil court perspective if you have money to sue a registrar and the time to go to court for it. Yes

by teddyh 3y ago

> Ordering from your own country maybe ups the ante from a civil court perspective if you have money to sue a registrar and the time to go to court for it. Yes, that’s my point. If your local government and associated court system is completely unworkable for you (corruption, onerous fees, etc.), then some other TLD might be preferable. But a local citizen will almost always have a large advantage in a dispute with some foreign entity. Therefore, you should almost always try to get this advantage by using your local ccTLD.

oooyay 3y ago
That was a point, but your first point was that domains are secure sources of web identity. That's what I disagreed with. I do agree that if your civil courts are knowledgeable you at least have some defense, but domains are more rent and less property which makes them an insecure form of identity imo.
- teddyh 3y ago
  You might own your house, but if you stop paying taxes, you will, somehow, lose ownership of it. The same thing applies here. There is no such thing as absolute property. Legal entities can confiscate and expropriate whatever they think they should, regardless of ownership. Everything is fluid and exists on sufferance. If you want absolute irrevocable control, use a darknet, like .onion.
  - oooyay 3y ago
    I introduced the word rent, but I'm realizing my issue with domains as identity is that they're more analogous in my mind to property than identity. My name and identity are mine even if I don't pay taxes. Identities aren't fully immutable but certainly not transactionally transferable. PGP, for all its flaws, is much closer to the concept of provable identity, imo. I do understand your underlying message which is to function independently on the web you absolutely need a name you can rely on. We agree there, I just don't think the system or things that support it match the underlying needs/wants.

by teddyh 3y ago

oooyay 3y ago

That was a point, but your first point was that domains are secure sources of web identity. That's what I disagreed with. I do agree that if your civil courts are knowledgeable you at least have some defense, but domains are more rent and less property which makes them an insecure form of identity imo.

teddyh 3y ago
You might own your house, but if you stop paying taxes, you will, somehow, lose ownership of it. The same thing applies here. There is no such thing as absolute property. Legal entities can confiscate and expropriate whatever they think they should, regardless of ownership. Everything is fluid and exists on sufferance. If you want absolute irrevocable control, use a darknet, like .onion.
- oooyay 3y ago
  I introduced the word rent, but I'm realizing my issue with domains as identity is that they're more analogous in my mind to property than identity. My name and identity are mine even if I don't pay taxes. Identities aren't fully immutable but certainly not transactionally transferable. PGP, for all its flaws, is much closer to the concept of provable identity, imo. I do understand your underlying message which is to function independently on the web you absolutely need a name you can rely on. We agree there, I just don't think the system or things that support it match the underlying needs/wants.