On 11/2/2013 02:31, [email protected] wrote: > And you still have problems with phishing thanks to being able to "register" > a > similar domain. > > Of course, despite its shortcomings, namecoin is better than the existing > "global namespaces" which are outright run by hostile entities.
Hostile? What hostility? Which entity? > > Global namespaces seem to be a solution looking for a problem though. In the > world full of QR codes and text messaging, sharing your unique ID is not a > problem, bookmarking/address book handles assigning a memorable name or even > several descriptive names. > > How many people use google search bar as their address bar to locate the > sites > they already know about? Which of the window manufacturers/installers should > get windows.com domain? > > What is the use case for a global namespace? I for sure won't shed a tear if > it disappears. > -- staticsafe O< ascii ribbon campaign - stop html mail - www.asciiribbon.org Please don't top post. It is not logical. Please don't CC me! I'm subscribed to whatever list I just posted on. -- Liberationtech is public & archives are searchable on Google. Violations of list guidelines will get you moderated: https://mailman.stanford.edu/mailman/listinfo/liberationtech. Unsubscribe, change to digest, or change password by emailing moderator at [email protected].
