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I presume it has to be a curated list otherwise spammers would use it to evade blocks. Otherwise why not just use DNS?
by IshKebab 1y ago
I presume it has to be a curated list otherwise spammers would use it to evade blocks. Otherwise why not just use DNS?
- inopinatus 1y agoWhois would be the choice. DNS’s less glamourous sibling, purpose built for delegated publication of accountability records
- IshKebab 1y agoWhois isn't curated either.
- inopinatus 1y agoNeither is nominating a third party for your parking fine. The point is to get away from centralized gatekeepers, not establish more of them. A hierarchy of disavowal. It’s like cache invalidation for accountability. If you don’t wanna be held responsible for something, you’d better be prepared to point the finger at someone whois.