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Re:Before you buy a domain name, first check to see if it's ... by tekchip on Saturday October 26, 2024 @11:09AM (#41955217)
I'm guessing here because I'm not the author but I believe this statement is directed towards the blocklisting entities because they don't provide transparencies or a method to reach them to resolve issues with a domain once it's aquired by someone else. That absolutely is the issue of those entities.
Re:Before you buy a domain name, first check to see if it's ... by supriyo-biswas on Saturday October 26, 2024 @12:07PM (#41955632)
At one point of time when I had to deal with people submitting phishing links to a web service I owned, I learned some of the tricks that phishers use to get around reports, such as using IP geolocation or the accept-language and accept-encoding header to determine if the phishing page should be served.

With tricks like this, it's not a surprise to see why the companies operating blocklists are hesitant to make this process easy; after all, what's to prevent the phishers from temporarily stating that the issue has been resolved to get out of the denylist, and then restarting their campaign again?

Re:Before you buy a domain name, first check to see if it's ... by Seattle3503 on Saturday October 26, 2024 @12:36PM (#41955841)
If the process required you to verify ID, e.g. a passport + video selfie, some accountability might be possible. But that might be too invasive for many folks.
Re:Before you buy a domain name, first check to see if it's ... by bragr on Saturday October 26, 2024 @01:01PM (#41956032)
This doesn't work because there's a nearly unlimited supply of people willing (out of desperation, drug addiction, or just plain poor decision making) to let bad actors use their IDs.
Re:Before you buy a domain name, first check to see if it's ... by lazide on Saturday October 26, 2024 @01:25PM (#41956208)
Also, all that info has been leaked a billion times now, and there are tools to allow real-time filter/overlays of faces to make it even easier.
Re:Before you buy a domain name, first check to see if it's ... by Seattle3503 on Sunday October 27, 2024 @01:00AM (#41959975)
It's what banks are using now.
Re:Before you buy a domain name, first check to see if it's ... by lazide on Sunday October 27, 2024 @01:35AM (#41960092)
These two things are concerning, not reassuring.

Still, an improvement over what they were previously using I guess?

Re:Before you buy a domain name, first check to see if it's ... by chrischen on Saturday October 26, 2024 @11:22AM (#41955320)
If you could get out of blacklists by transferring ownerships then people can “wash” domains by fake transfers.