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Max Resing<p>This <a href="https://lists.opennicproject.org/sympa/arc/discuss/2025-08/msg00000.html" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">thread</a> here suggests that more activity might be expected again from the <a href="https://infosec.exchange/tags/OpenNIC" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#<span>OpenNIC</span></a> parallel <a href="https://infosec.exchange/tags/DNS" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#<span>DNS</span></a> <a href="https://infosec.exchange/tags/root" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#<span>root</span></a> .</p><p>Not sure, if more activity, and a reborn of the <a href="https://infosec.exchange/tags/OpenNICproject" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#<span>OpenNICproject</span></a> leads to less or more abuse from the system. Any opinions from the <a href="https://infosec.exchange/tags/infosec" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#<span>infosec</span></a> community?</p><p><a href="https://infosec.exchange/tags/askfedi" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#<span>askfedi</span></a> <a href="https://infosec.exchange/tags/askinfosec" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#<span>askinfosec</span></a></p>
Kevin Karhan :verified:<p>Thx <span class="h-card" translate="no"><a href="https://ohai.social/@lina" class="u-url mention" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">@<span>lina</span></a></span> for exposing the <a href="https://infosec.space/tags/Copyrightmafia" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#<span>Copyrightmafia</span></a>'s <a href="https://infosec.space/tags/DNS" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#<span>DNS</span></a>-based <a href="https://infosec.space/tags/internetcensorship" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#<span>internetcensorship</span></a>:<br><a href="https://cuiiliste.de" rel="nofollow noopener" translate="no" target="_blank"><span class="invisible">https://</span><span class="">cuiiliste.de</span><span class="invisible"></span></a></p><ul><li>I really should test the <a href="https://infosec.space/tags/API" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#<span>API</span></a> more: <a href="https://api.cuiiliste.de" rel="nofollow noopener" translate="no" target="_blank"><span class="invisible">https://</span><span class="">api.cuiiliste.de</span><span class="invisible"></span></a></li></ul><p>As for circumvention: Just use <a href="https://infosec.space/tags/OpenNIC" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#<span>OpenNIC</span></a>'s <a href="https://github.com/greyhat-academy/lists.d/blob/df41ea6a5320f0a895b801145efe0ea6d2e9ea33/dns.servers.list.tsv#L2" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">DNS servers</a>...</p><ul><li>Personally <a href="https://lina.sh/blog/cuii-gives-up" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">I'm not as enthusiastic</a> as to claim <a href="https://infosec.space/tags/CUIi" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#<span>CUIi</span></a> <a href="https://netzpolitik.org/2025/die-cuii-gibt-auf-fuer-netzsperren-braucht-es-jetzt-einen-gerichtsentscheid/" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">is done</a> because not only ain't they forced to remove any blockages but also they marginally changed their process.</li></ul><p>The sheer <a href="https://infosec.space/tags/Zensursula" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#<span>Zensursula</span></a>-Style bullshit <em>is the <a href="https://infosec.space/tags/IllicitActivity" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#<span>IllicitActivity</span></a></em>! <a href="https://infosec.space/tags/ISP" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#<span>ISP</span></a>|s should have <em>no right to interfere with any traffic</em> (except to defend their own infrastructure from getting hacked) unless explicitly requested by customers to do so.</p><ul><li>And now <a href="https://infosec.space/tags/ISPs" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#<span>ISPs</span></a> like <a href="https://infosec.space/tags/O2" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#<span>O2</span></a> want to sell <a href="https://infosec.space/tags/TechIlliterate" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#<span>TechIlliterate</span></a> <a href="https://infosec.space/tags/business" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#<span>business</span></a> clients the idea that fucking around with <a href="https://infosec.space/tags/DNS" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#<span>DNS</span></a> is somehow <em>"<a href="https://infosec.space/tags/Cybersecurity" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#<span>Cybersecurity</span></a>"</em> for which they want to <a href="https://www.o2business.de/cloud-sicherheit/cybersicherheit/webguard/" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">charge clients a premium and make it opt-out!</a> when <span class="h-card" translate="no"><a href="https://mastodon.social/@quad9dns" class="u-url mention" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">@<span>quad9dns</span></a></span> offers the same <a href="https://quad9.net/service/threat-blocking/" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">for free</a> [and I'm certain they just use <a href="https://infosec.space/tags/quad9" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#<span>quad9</span></a>'s <em>filtered</em> DNS and slap CUII's <a href="https://infosec.space/tags/blocklist" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#<span>blocklist</span></a> <a href="https://api.cuiiliste.de/blocked_domains" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">on top.</a>]!</li></ul><p>I do wish <span class="h-card" translate="no"><a href="https://mastodon.social/@ooni" class="u-url mention" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">@<span>ooni</span></a></span> would take a look at the <a href="https://api.cuiiliste.de/blocked_domains" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">CUII blocklist</a> and add that to their <a href="https://infosec.space/tags/OONIprobe" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#<span>OONIprobe</span></a> to test for.</p>
Kevin Karhan :verified:<p><span class="h-card" translate="no"><a href="https://mastodon.social/@TheDoctor512" class="u-url mention" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">@<span>TheDoctor512</span></a></span> ROFLMAO!</p><p>IMHO sollte solche <a href="https://infosec.space/tags/Zensursula" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#<span>Zensursula</span></a>-Shice woe diese absurde Gerichtsentscheidung als Beleidigung des Intellekts der User*innen strafbar sein.</p><p>Ich rate zu <a href="https://infosec.space/tags/OpenNIC" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#<span>OpenNIC</span></a> was <a href="https://infosec.space/tags/DNS" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#<span>DNS</span></a> angeht:<br><a href="https://github.com/greyhat-academy/lists.d/blob/main/dns.servers.list.tsv" rel="nofollow noopener" translate="no" target="_blank"><span class="invisible">https://</span><span class="ellipsis">github.com/greyhat-academy/lis</span><span class="invisible">ts.d/blob/main/dns.servers.list.tsv</span></a></p>
Kevin Karhan :verified:<p><span class="h-card" translate="no"><a href="https://hachyderm.io/@ZahmbieND" class="u-url mention" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">@<span>ZahmbieND</span></a></span> <span class="h-card" translate="no"><a href="https://infosec.exchange/@netresec" class="u-url mention" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">@<span>netresec</span></a></span> personally I use <a href="https://github.com/greyhat-academy/lists.d/blob/main/dns.servers.list.tsv" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">multiple</a> <a href="https://infosec.space/tags/DNS" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#<span>DNS</span></a> servers with <a href="https://infosec.space/tags/OpenNIC" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#<span>OpenNIC</span></a> being my preference.</p><ul><li>As for <a href="https://infosec.space/tags/hosting" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#<span>hosting</span></a>, I use <a href="https://infosec.space/tags/ClouDNS" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#<span>ClouDNS</span></a>, which is awesome!</li></ul><p><a href="https://www.cloudns.net" rel="nofollow noopener" translate="no" target="_blank"><span class="invisible">https://www.</span><span class="">cloudns.net</span><span class="invisible"></span></a></p>
Kevin Karhan :verified:<p><span class="h-card" translate="no"><a href="https://mastodon.ie/@DoctorBrodsky" class="u-url mention" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">@<span>DoctorBrodsky</span></a></span> <span class="h-card" translate="no"><a href="https://toot.wales/@woe2you" class="u-url mention" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">@<span>woe2you</span></a></span> <span class="h-card" translate="no"><a href="https://hachyderm.io/@miah" class="u-url mention" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">@<span>miah</span></a></span> given <a href="https://infosec.space/tags/Quad9" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#<span>Quad9</span></a> bowed before the <a href="https://infosec.space/tags/Contentmafia" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#<span>Contentmafia</span></a> and censored <a href="https://infosec.space/tags/DNS" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#<span>DNS</span></a> requests, I'll continue to recommend using <a href="https://infosec.space/tags/OpenNIC" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#<span>OpenNIC</span></a>'s Servers <a href="https://github.com/greyhat-academy/lists.d/blob/a4a7ccf70d8504ebbffd7e5fbcd5630294860434/dns.servers.list.tsv" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">instead</a></p><p><code>94.103.153.176 &amp; 2a02:990:219:1:ba:1337:cafe:3</code> as well as<br><code>144.76.103.143 &amp; 2a01:4f8:192:43a5::2</code> </p><ul><li>If you <a href="https://mastodon.ie/@DoctorBrodsky/114251891439728473" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">only add a single</a> <a href="https://infosec.space/tags/IPv4" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#<span>IPv4</span></a> address, no <a href="https://infosec.space/tags/IPv6" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#<span>IPv6</span></a> resolution will take place over said provider or worse even no IPv6 connectivity at all...</li></ul><p>I merely <a href="https://github.com/greyhat-academy/lists.d/blob/a4a7ccf70d8504ebbffd7e5fbcd5630294860434/dns.servers.list.tsv#L25" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">retain quad9</a> on said list for archival purposes. I Yeeted <a href="https://infosec.space/tags/CloudFlare" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#<span>CloudFlare</span></a> aka. <a href="https://infosec.space/tags/ClownFlare" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#<span>ClownFlare</span></a> since they are a <a href="https://infosec.space/tags/RogueISP" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#<span>RogueISP</span></a>!</p>
Kevin Karhan :verified:<p><span class="h-card" translate="no"><a href="https://infosec.exchange/@0xF21D" class="u-url mention" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">@<span>0xF21D</span></a></span> no, unless you account for <a href="https://infosec.space/tags/datacenters" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#<span>datacenters</span></a> and <a href="https://infosec.space/tags/OpenNIC" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#<span>OpenNIC</span></a> members like <span class="h-card" translate="no"><a href="https://awawa.meo.ws/@fusl" class="u-url mention" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">@<span>fusl</span></a></span> ...</p>
Kevin Karhan :verified:<p><span class="h-card" translate="no"><a href="https://hachyderm.io/@miah" class="u-url mention" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">@<span>miah</span></a></span> never did!</p><p>I use <a href="https://infosec.space/tags/OpenNIC" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#<span>OpenNIC</span></a>:</p><p><a href="https://github.com/greyhat-academy/lists.d/blob/main/dns.servers.list.tsv" rel="nofollow noopener" translate="no" target="_blank"><span class="invisible">https://</span><span class="ellipsis">github.com/greyhat-academy/lis</span><span class="invisible">ts.d/blob/main/dns.servers.list.tsv</span></a></p>
Aral Balkan<p><span class="h-card" translate="no"><a href="https://infosec.exchange/@codinghorror" class="u-url mention" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">@<span>codinghorror</span></a></span> <span class="h-card" translate="no"><a href="https://tomkahe.com/@trending_bot" class="u-url mention" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">@<span>trending_bot</span></a></span> Related, longer-term thought, in case it interests you: getting <span class="h-card" translate="no"><a href="https://infosec.exchange/@letsencrypt" class="u-url mention" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">@<span>letsencrypt</span></a></span> to work with <span class="h-card" translate="no"><a href="https://social.privacytools.io/@opennic" class="u-url mention" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">@<span>opennic</span></a></span> would put us on a path to set domain names free from the commercial system (after which we could try to get the EU to force browsers to support OpenNIC natively).</p><p><a href="https://mastodon.ar.al/@aral/114173316981178689" rel="nofollow noopener" translate="no" target="_blank"><span class="invisible">https://</span><span class="ellipsis">mastodon.ar.al/@aral/114173316</span><span class="invisible">981178689</span></a></p><p><a href="https://mastodon.ar.al/tags/OpenNIC" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#<span>OpenNIC</span></a> <a href="https://mastodon.ar.al/tags/LetsEncrypt" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#<span>LetsEncrypt</span></a> <a href="https://mastodon.ar.al/tags/freeTheDomain" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#<span>freeTheDomain</span></a> <a href="https://mastodon.ar.al/tags/domainNames" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#<span>domainNames</span></a> <a href="https://mastodon.ar.al/tags/internet" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#<span>internet</span></a> <a href="https://mastodon.ar.al/tags/identity" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#<span>identity</span></a> <a href="https://mastodon.ar.al/tags/decentralisation" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#<span>decentralisation</span></a></p>
Aral Balkan<p><span class="h-card" translate="no"><a href="https://social.vivaldi.net/@zbrando" class="u-url mention" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">@<span>zbrando</span></a></span> <span class="h-card" translate="no"><a href="https://appdot.net/@morrick" class="u-url mention" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">@<span>morrick</span></a></span> <span class="h-card" translate="no"><a href="https://social.vivaldi.net/@ueeu" class="u-url mention" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">@<span>ueeu</span></a></span> You’re not wrong.</p><p>But, looking ahead, we can do so much better than the commercial domain name system.</p><p>Commercial domain names are a gold standard example of artificial scarcity. A domain name registrar cost next to nothing to operate. It’s tiny rows of text in a database. It could easily be free to own your own domain name – a huge part of what constitutes identity – on the Internet.</p><p>In fact, a non-commercial service has been operational for 24 years. It would be trivial to regulate that browsers in the EU implement support for it and work together with, say, <span class="h-card" translate="no"><a href="https://infosec.exchange/@letsencrypt" class="u-url mention" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">@<span>letsencrypt</span></a></span> to ensure it can handle TLS.</p><p>That would be an amazing addition to the commons and a future-proof way forward that we could lead on with next to no investment.</p><p><a href="https://mastodon.ar.al/tags/domainNames" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#<span>domainNames</span></a> <a href="https://mastodon.ar.al/tags/DNS" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#<span>DNS</span></a> <a href="https://mastodon.ar.al/tags/openNic" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#<span>openNic</span></a> <a href="https://mastodon.ar.al/tags/LetsEncrypt" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#<span>LetsEncrypt</span></a> <a href="https://mastodon.ar.al/tags/EU" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#<span>EU</span></a> <a href="https://mastodon.ar.al/tags/commons" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#<span>commons</span></a> <a href="https://mastodon.ar.al/tags/internet" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#<span>internet</span></a> <a href="https://mastodon.ar.al/tags/freedom" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#<span>freedom</span></a> <a href="https://mastodon.ar.al/tags/ICAAN" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#<span>ICAAN</span></a></p>
Kevin Karhan :verified:<p><span class="h-card" translate="no"><a href="https://possum.city/@root" class="u-url mention" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">@<span>root</span></a></span> consider <a href="https://infosec.space/tags/OpenNIC" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#<span>OpenNIC</span></a> and several <em>"free"</em> <a href="https://infosec.space/tags/ccTLDs" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#<span>ccTLDs</span></a>...</p>
Kevin Karhan :verified:<p><span class="h-card" translate="no"><a href="https://chaos.social/@JeGr" class="u-url mention" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">@<span>JeGr</span></a></span> <span class="h-card" translate="no"><a href="https://mastodon.ie/@jherazob" class="u-url mention" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">@<span>jherazob</span></a></span> <span class="h-card" translate="no"><a href="https://aus.social/@noodle" class="u-url mention" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">@<span>noodle</span></a></span> personally <a href="https://github.com/greyhat-academy/lists.d/blob/main/dns.servers.list.tsv" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">I use multiple providers and even networks</a> and <a href="https://infosec.space/@kkarhan/112852617889220048" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">swiftly remove those</a> that obey <a href="https://infosec.space/tags/Cyberfacism" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#<span>Cyberfacism</span></a> as a matter of principle.</p><p>Personally I prefer <a href="https://infosec.space/tags/OpenNIC" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#<span>OpenNIC</span></a> because they have evidenced that they have integrity!</p>
Kevin Karhan :verified:<p><span class="h-card" translate="no"><a href="https://chaos.social/@JeGr" class="u-url mention" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">@<span>JeGr</span></a></span> <span class="h-card" translate="no"><a href="https://aus.social/@noodle" class="u-url mention" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">@<span>noodle</span></a></span> I think <a href="https://infosec.space/tags/OpenNIC" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#<span>OpenNIC</span></a> has a good track record in terms of stability and integrity.</p><p>The beauty is that I can setup stuff to query two dozen services at once and circumvent censorship easily.<br><a href="https://github.com/greyhat-academy/lists.d/blob/main/dns.servers.list.tsv" rel="nofollow noopener" translate="no" target="_blank"><span class="invisible">https://</span><span class="ellipsis">github.com/greyhat-academy/lis</span><span class="invisible">ts.d/blob/main/dns.servers.list.tsv</span></a></p><ul><li>And yes I did delist <a href="https://infosec.space/tags/Quad9" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#<span>Quad9</span></a> when they obeyed the <a href="https://infosec.space/tags/Copyrightmafia" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#<span>Copyrightmafia</span></a> for no good reason!</li></ul>
Kevin Karhan :verified:<p><span class="h-card" translate="no"><a href="https://aus.social/@noodle" class="u-url mention" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">@<span>noodle</span></a></span> <a href="https://infosec.space/tags/Kea" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#<span>Kea</span></a> + <a href="https://infosec.space/tags/pfBlockerNG" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#<span>pfBlockerNG</span></a> + <a href="https://infosec.space/tags/OpenNIC" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#<span>OpenNIC</span></a> = <a href="https://infosec.space/tags/GalaxyBrainChair" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#<span>GalaxyBrainChair</span></a>!</p>
B. A. Balackus<p><span class="h-card"><a href="https://mastodon.content.town/@will" class="u-url mention" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">@<span>will</span></a></span><br>Hearing <span class="h-card"><a href="https://mastodon.content.town/@bradshoemaker" class="u-url mention" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">@<span>bradshoemaker</span></a></span> talk about purchasing possible domains and curious if you have plans to talk about TLDs and ICANN and <a href="https://fosstodon.org/tags/OpenNIC" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#<span>OpenNIC</span></a>.org</p>
Kevin Karhan :verified:<p><span class="h-card"><a href="https://sfba.social/@karlauerbach" class="u-url mention" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">@<span>karlauerbach</span></a></span> <span class="h-card"><a href="https://froth.zone/users/sam" class="u-url mention" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">@<span>sam</span></a></span> Yikes.</p><p>Also I see the core issue in <a href="https://mstdn.social/tags/ICANN" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#<span>ICANN</span></a> as QAFO (Quasi Autonomous [U.S.] Federal Organization) and it both being U.S. - centric and not accountable.</p><p>I think letting them operate the DNS Rootzone was a mistake and I do prefer alternate Rootzones like <a href="https://mstdn.social/tags/OpenNIC" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#<span>OpenNIC</span></a>...</p>
Kevin Karhan :verified:<p><span class="h-card"><a href="https://macaw.social/@april" class="u-url mention" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">@<span>april</span></a></span> personally, I prefer <a href="https://mstdn.social/tags/OpenNIC" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#<span>OpenNIC</span></a> anyway and the sheer fact that some idiot at <a href="https://mstdn.social/tags/ICANN" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#<span>ICANN</span></a> thought it's a good idea to allow gTLDs like file extensions is only kept by the absurdity of .gov, .edu &amp; .mil being U.S. - centric if not exclusive...</p><p>What's next? .org becomes exclusive to US non-profits?</p><p>Cuz they did that with .edu!</p>
Aral Balkan<p><span class="h-card"><a href="https://eldritch.cafe/@shahaan" class="u-url mention" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">@<span>shahaan</span></a></span> Sadly, yes.</p><p>Our primary expression of identity on the web is something we rent from others. Because capitalism.</p><p>It should be something that’s free that we own as a human right.</p><p>Very easy to implement too, if we wanted to. The EU could easily fund it. We don’t even have to build it, OpenNIC has existed for decades. We could just legislate that browsers must support it in the EU and boom.</p><p><a href="https://www.opennic.org/" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank"><span class="invisible">https://www.</span><span class="">opennic.org/</span><span class="invisible"></span></a></p><p><a href="https://mastodon.ar.al/tags/domainNames" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#<span>domainNames</span></a> <a href="https://mastodon.ar.al/tags/identity" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#<span>identity</span></a> <a href="https://mastodon.ar.al/tags/web" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#<span>web</span></a> <a href="https://mastodon.ar.al/tags/smallWeb" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#<span>smallWeb</span></a> <a href="https://mastodon.ar.al/tags/OpenNIC" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#<span>OpenNIC</span></a> <a href="https://mastodon.ar.al/tags/eu" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#<span>eu</span></a> <a href="https://mastodon.ar.al/tags/commons" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#<span>commons</span></a></p>
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