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Posted By:
semanjoe
109 days ago
Topic Type: News Story (Jump to http://news.bbc.co.uk)
Category: Domaining
The net's regulator, Icann, voted unanimously to relax the strict rules on so-called "top-level" domain names, such as .com or .uk.
The decision means that companies could turn brands into web addresses, while individuals could use their names.
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Now is my bank barclays.com or barclays.co.uk or bank.barclays or barclays.bank?
Actually its my card details I need to access, maybe that is barclays.cc or barclays.card or barclay.card or barclays.credcard or barclays.visa or creditcard.barclays or cc.barclays or cc.barclays.bank or something else?
Which of those is the phishing site?
This is a BAD MOVE. ICANN are doing this for the MONEY not for any benefit to the users of the internet.
Don't give me that crap about running out of domain names. That's garbage. If the existing namespace were better managed there would be plenty to go round.