Re:Your online identity is owned by your email provider (2019)
by gitgud on Friday August 26, 2022 @02:17AM
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> Australia kinda does this with their `.id.au`
Interesting, is there any links/documentation on this? Is it for every citizen or something?
Re:Your online identity is owned by your email provider (2019)
by Grimburger on Friday August 26, 2022 @03:45AM
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https://www.auda.org.au/au-domain-names/domain-name-help/ida...
It costs more wholesale than a regular .com, requires handing over PII to a small company and isn't subject to the same price increase limits.
Obviously won't work for everyone but I bought <firstname><lastname>.com instead and its 50% cheaper per year than the equivalent .id.au which should have maybe a few dozen other people in Australia vying for it with first/last name and I assume no one else with my middle names included.
Australia kinda does this with their `.id.au` second level domains for 'Individuals (by real name or common alias)'
Not many folks use it or know about it.