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diff --git a/content/entry/icannot-be-trusted.md b/content/entry/icannot-be-trusted.md index bd2ec32..6fc5c9b 100644 --- a/content/entry/icannot-be-trusted.md +++ b/content/entry/icannot-be-trusted.md @@ -5,9 +5,9 @@ tags: ['computing'] draft: false --- ## ICANN -The Internet Corporation for Assigned Names and Numbers, also known as [ICANN](https://www.wikipedia.org/wiki/ICANN), is a U.S. nonprofit which manages the [DNS](https://www.wikipedia.org/wiki/Domain_Name_System) root servers. When you type "nicholasjohnson.ch" into your search bar and hit enter, ICANN is ultimately in control over what happens next, not me. +The Internet Corporation for Assigned Names and Numbers, also known as [ICANN](https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/ICANN), is a U.S. nonprofit which manages the [DNS](https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Domain_Name_System) root servers. When you type "nicholasjohnson.ch" into your search bar and hit enter, ICANN is ultimately in control over what happens next, not me. -ICANN's contracts with domain registries are immune from being challenged and registries can set arbitrary restrictions on content hosted on their domains. [ICANN has an effective monopoly on almost all domain names and punishes people for past sharing.](https://nitter.net/brokep/status/1364950213790740481) For more on that, see the article "[Ending the War on Sharing](https://stallman.org/articles/end-war-on-sharing.html)". +ICANN's contracts with domain registries are immune from being challenged and registries can set arbitrary restrictions on content hosted on their domains. [ICANN has an effective monopoly on almost all domain names and punishes people for past sharing.](https://x.com/brokep/status/1364950213790740481) For more on that, see the article "[Ending the War on Sharing](https://stallman.org/articles/end-war-on-sharing.html)". Another problem I have with ICANN is one can't legally own a domain name without forking over personal information to the domain name registrar. Most registrars offer to hide that information from public view, but they still have to hand it over under certain circumstances and there's always the possibility that it gets stolen. |