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A place to discuss privacy and freedom in the digital world.

Privacy has become a very important issue in modern society, with companies and governments constantly abusing their power, more and more people are waking up to the importance of digital privacy.

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When privacy expires: how I got access to tons of sensitive citizen data after buying cheap domains (inti.io)

submitted 7 months ago by lemmyreader@lemmy.ml to c/privacy@lemmy.ml

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[–] taladar@sh.itjust.works 1 points 7 months ago (1 children)

Why is that relevant?

[–] lemann@lemmy.dbzer0.com 10 points 7 months ago (1 children)

Typically free of charge for the country's public services to get a domain if the registrar is based within the country.

There are other countries that don't actually own their TLDs like .io, .tk, .ga, .cf etc. Mali recently forcibly reposessed their .ml domain from overseas ownership IIRC

[–] taladar@sh.itjust.works 2 points 7 months ago

Honestly, domains are cheaper to buy than it is to prove you are eligible for that unless you need large numbers of them at once.