[CPWG] Google pushes .zip and .mov domains onto the Internet, and the Internet pushes back

[David Mackey]

It's not really a debate about harm. Adding cognitive load to an end user
results in a wider attack plane enabling more DNS abuse which is bad for
end users.

Does this mean the ship has sailed on the fight against DNS Abuse?

I certainly hope not. End Users deserve a voice ... wherever the ship may
be.

Let's look at the reality found in Olivier's link ...

He then provided two URLs:
   https://github.com∕kubernetes∕kubernetes∕archive∕refs∕tags∕@v1271.zip

   and

   https://github.com/kubernetes/kubernetes/archive/refs/tags/v1.27.1.zip
Market forces may be pushing a new product with no perceivable value, but
let's call it what it is. A product defect is a product defect.  Google is
playing a game with End User trust that At-Large should not follow.

Cheers,
David



On Tue, May 30, 2023 at 6:50 AM Khaled Koubaa via CPWG <cpwg at icann.org>
wrote:

> Thank you Olivier.
>
> There is indeed a long list of TLDs that are File Extension including very
> widely used ones such as .io or .xyz
>
> This blog post has the full list :
> https://wkumari.github.io/2023/05/15/TLDs-that-are-extensions.html
>
> PS: The writer of the blogpost is Warren Kumari from Google
> PS2: I agree with his statement "I think that this particular ship has
> sailed"
>
> Khaled
>
> Khaled Koubaa
>
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>
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>
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>
>
> On Tue, May 30, 2023 at 1:29 PM Olivier MJ Crépin-Leblond via CPWG <
> cpwg at icann.org> wrote:
>
>> From ARS Technica, 18 May 2023:
>>
>> A recent move by Google to populate the Internet with eight new top-level
>> domains is prompting concerns that two of the additions could be a boon to
>> online scammers who trick people into clicking on malicious links.
>>
>> https://arstechnica.com/information-technology/2023/05/critics-say-googles-new-zip-and-mov-domains-will-be-a-boon-to-scammers/
>>
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