"one organisation having the power to unilaterally dictate to everyone and expect people to listen to them" In tech frequently a benevolent dictatorship is the

"one organisation having the power to unilaterally dictate to everyone and expect people to listen to them" In tech frequently a benevolent dictatorship is the only way to get things done. They could take this through the IETF or ICANN or something but they'd spend 5 years listening to people prattle on about edge cases while SHA-1 becomes progressively less secure. I worked with airlines for a number of years and the amount of effort spent trying to keep old devices alive on their networks FAR exceeds what it would've cost to just upgrade the devices.