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That's of course the stupidest possible domain for a government website. (Or at least it's up there) Fundamentally, it has given control over the DNS records t

That's of course the stupidest possible domain for a government website. (Or at least it's up there) Fundamentally, it has given control over the DNS records to a different country (.me == Montenegro). It's training people that really, any domain could be a government domain, you'll never know.

techsupporter 2y ago
It's also not a government web site. It's a private company who, for some reason, my own government outsources identity verification to. Meanwhile, the authorization system the US government has built (login.gov) is deemed "insecure" by the IRS and Social Security for some inexplicable reason. (But it's fine for Trusted Traveler Programs.)
- snowwrestler 2y ago
  Social Security has implemented Login.gov integration. IRS returned detailed feedback that GSA is working on.
  - ericjmorey 2y ago
    This is good news. Thanks for sharing.
- cratermoon 2y ago
  > It's a private company who, for some reason, my own government outsources identity verification to Welcome to the neoliberal wet dream.
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Spivak 2y ago
Because it's not a government website, it's a company the government contracts with.
- groby_b 2y ago
  Yes. I know how this works. This doesn't change that's it's stupid. You can't outsource stupid and then claim it's not your problem.
aardshark 2y ago
Yes, welcome to the rest of the world.
- groby_b 2y ago
  You're aware that there's a registry per country, no? And that that each country can choose to set aside a subdomain for all government services? Yes, it's unfair that the US gets naked .gov - but that doesn't preclude the rest of the world from doing the right thing, and it certainly doesn't excuse the US government doing the stupid thing.
  - mardifoufs 2y ago
    The US government can still basically yoink any ccTLD very very easily. It won't, but it could.
ericjmorey 2y ago
It's not a government website. It's the company providing the service that the government could provide on its own, but that service is being provided by a private company through a lucrative contract agreement.

techsupporter 2y ago

It's also not a government web site. It's a private company who, for some reason, my own government outsources identity verification to. Meanwhile, the authorization system the US government has built (login.gov) is deemed "insecure" by the IRS and Social Security for some inexplicable reason. (But it's fine for Trusted Traveler Programs.)

snowwrestler 2y ago
Social Security has implemented Login.gov integration. IRS returned detailed feedback that GSA is working on.
- ericjmorey 2y ago
  This is good news. Thanks for sharing.
cratermoon 2y ago
> It's a private company who, for some reason, my own government outsources identity verification to Welcome to the neoliberal wet dream.

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Spivak 2y ago

Because it's not a government website, it's a company the government contracts with.

groby_b 2y ago
Yes. I know how this works. This doesn't change that's it's stupid. You can't outsource stupid and then claim it's not your problem.

aardshark 2y ago

Yes, welcome to the rest of the world.

groby_b 2y ago
You're aware that there's a registry per country, no? And that that each country can choose to set aside a subdomain for all government services? Yes, it's unfair that the US gets naked .gov - but that doesn't preclude the rest of the world from doing the right thing, and it certainly doesn't excuse the US government doing the stupid thing.
- mardifoufs 2y ago
  The US government can still basically yoink any ccTLD very very easily. It won't, but it could.

ericjmorey 2y ago

It's not a government website. It's the company providing the service that the government could provide on its own, but that service is being provided by a private company through a lucrative contract agreement.