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Re:Government URLs that don't end in .gov by pests on Sunday July 23, 2023 @02:34PM (#36838247)
> some obscure ones exist

The submission includes over 400 domains for the federal only list. That is more than "some obscure ones"

> nor have I ever seen a non-US-government site on .gov

How often are you going to non-US-government government sites? Being an American I could imagine you hardly if ever interact with any other government sites so maybe that could be attributed to selection bias.

Re:Government URLs that don't end in .gov by kortilla on Sunday July 23, 2023 @04:29PM (#36839497)
I go to foreign gov sites just as frequently as US ones because I travel internationally.
Re:Government URLs that don't end in .gov by umanwizard on Sunday July 23, 2023 @05:18PM (#36839928)
> The submission includes over 400 domains for the federal only list. That is more than "some obscure ones"

The number has nothing to do with how obscure they are.

> Being an American I could imagine you hardly if ever interact with any other government sites

I have interacted with them many times. (1) to fill out various Covid-related entry forms when those were widely required, (2) to apply for visas, (3) purely out of curiosity (e.g. I’m sometimes curious what travel warnings/advisories other countries’ foreign ministries put out and how they compare with our own).