Why Trump hijacked the .gov domain

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• SoftestSapphic@lemmy.world ⁨4⁩ ⁨months⁩ ago

  Because doing damage in any way possible is good for a Russian asset

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• FreedomAdvocate@lemmy.net.au ⁨4⁩ ⁨months⁩ ago

  [deleted]

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  • BussyCat@lemmy.world ⁨4⁩ ⁨months⁩ ago

    Using it to insert AI generated propaganda onto official government websites is a brand new thing that’s never been done before

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    • FreedomAdvocate@lemmy.net.au ⁨4⁩ ⁨months⁩ ago

      The only thing new about it is the AI.

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• richardisaguy@lemmy.world ⁨4⁩ ⁨months⁩ ago

  Hope this doesnt affect other .gov domains, like .gov.fr, .gov.nz or .gov.br

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  • phoenixz@lemmy.ca ⁨4⁩ ⁨months⁩ ago

    It won’t

    This is about the .gov TLD, you’re talking about the .br and .nz TLDs.

    However, icann is still US based, he might try and take control of that and truly break the Internet in pieces

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  • sugar_in_your_tea@sh.itjust.works ⁨4⁩ ⁨months⁩ ago

    Why would it? The article merely mentions that he’s posting his nonsense on existing .gov domains, which is something he can totally do as the President.

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  • naticus@lemmy.world ⁨4⁩ ⁨months⁩ ago

    Can confirm what the other commenter said, completely impossible to have an effect. .com and .gov and .fr and .nz are what’s called TLDs or Top Level Domains. Everything is delegated down from that level for any subdomains. .fr and .nz are country owned and any attempt to take control of that would be returned to their respective governments by ICANN.

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  • nottelling@lemmy.world ⁨4⁩ ⁨months⁩ ago

    it does not.

    .gov.fr. is a subdomain of .fr., unrelated to .gov…

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    • AnUnusualRelic@lemmy.world ⁨4⁩ ⁨months⁩ ago

      It’s also unused, as far as I know.

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• ilinamorato@lemmy.world ⁨4⁩ ⁨months⁩ ago

  “Because he can?”

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  • gravitas_deficiency@sh.itjust.works ⁨4⁩ ⁨months⁩ ago

    Also: “To make money”

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• neidu3@sh.itjust.works ⁨4⁩ ⁨months⁩ ago

  As long as he doesn’t hijack . I don’t care.

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  • FiskFisk33@startrek.website ⁨4⁩ ⁨months⁩ ago

    … oh no

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  • Atherel@lemmy.dbzer0.com ⁨4⁩ ⁨months⁩ ago

    Not hijack but he could disturb it. When US based organizations (afaik 9 out of 12) who run root dns servers change their root-file he could force ISPs in the US to ignore root servers that don’t cooperate. Or Microsoft to update Windows with modified root hints . Or force Google or Cloudflare to do so for their resolvers. Or AWS for their services…

    It wouldn’t stop anyone to ignore said changes and it would be discovered pretty fast. But he could censor the internet and users who don’t care or don’t have the knowledge. Or if you rely on a service who didn’t react (gmail anyone?)

    Even DNSSec wouldn’t help as he would control the start of the chain of trust.

    There are a lot of infrastructure and involved companies based in the US. I don’t say it’s hopeless but don’t underestimate the chaos he could evoke.

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• wreckedcarzz@lemmy.world ⁨4⁩ ⁨months⁩ ago

  TLD

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  • FiskFisk33@startrek.website ⁨4⁩ ⁨months⁩ ago

    Which standa for top level what?

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    • JackbyDev@programming.dev ⁨4⁩ ⁨months⁩ ago

      Top level domain. “.com” “.gov” etc. are top level domains. The headline is slightly incorrect.

      en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Top-level_domain

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  • desmosthenes@lemmy.world ⁨4⁩ ⁨months⁩ ago

    TLDR

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    • Zier@fedia.io ⁨4⁩ ⁨months⁩ ago

      Top
      Level
      Domain
      Reboot

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