On: The .ing top-level domain

[s3p]

Don't they sell .zip TLDs now too?

[lucb1e → s3p]

I hate that mentioning example.zip now turns into a link in modern chat programs. At least link preview can be disabled... Also .py is annoying but that one I can understand more why it reasonably needs to exist.

[jeroenhd → s3p]

I don't get it, and I'm sure some people fall for the scams, but .com has been a dangerous file format since before the internet became common and that hasn't been much of a problem either.

My guess is that it'll only be a matter of time before .png and .jpg will be TLDs.

[rekoil → jeroenhd]

If someone is allowed to make .xlsm a TLD I'm 100% quitting the internet.

[rekoil → s3p]

Yes, they do, huge mistake

...but a lot of fun!

[lolsowrong → rekoil]

Explain why it’s a huge mistake, please.

[wholinator2 → lolsowrong]

I think the idea is ambiguity between a zip file from your coworkers website and an entirely separate phishing website which downloads an entirely different zip file with a malicious payload.

Anything that introduces unnecessary and previously unforseen ambiguity to the olds is just another path to filling the internet with scams

[Clamchop → wholinator2]

Browser vendors should just splash users with one of those click-through security warnings. Make it bright yellow.

I'd be very entertained by drama from owners of those domains, but in my opinion, such a thing would be completely justified.

[afavour → Clamchop]

Here’s the problem: the biggest browser vendor is the one selling the domains!

[eru → wholinator2]

Well, we also have .com as a common extension on Windows machines?

[mholt → lolsowrong]

Check out familyphotos.zip

[snypher → lolsowrong]

A link reading attachment.zip is no longer a 'safe' file but a eg browser window.