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Re:Eu.org, free domain names since 1996 by buro9 on Tuesday June 07, 2022 @05:56AM (#31651962)
When you accidentally lose it (by losing your private keys), it will be impossible for anyone else to get it back for you. In a sense, this will prove to you that you did really own it and no-one else did.
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Re:Eu.org, free domain names since 1996 by ant6n on Tuesday June 07, 2022 @06:21AM (#31652105)
It sounds like I don't own the domain, but whoever has the Keys does.

Imagine somebody suddenly "owns" my house because they pickpocketed my house keys, without any recurse. Then I really don't own the house, do I.

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Re:Eu.org, free domain names since 1996 by seanw444 on Tuesday June 07, 2022 @09:53AM (#31654310)
It's the closest concept we have to physical ownership in the digital realm.
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Re:Eu.org, free domain names since 1996 by GTP on Tuesday June 07, 2022 @06:56AM (#31652347)
But IMHO this is an unwanted effect that we should avoid
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