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Re:Announcing .self: A New Top-Level Domain Designed to Supp... by nilslindemann on Monday June 29, 2026 @10:19PM (#48727851)
States could grant such domains when individuals register their identity, for example, "klaus-mueller-<close eyes say first word that comes to your mind>.self". It runs on a VPS, and it is well documented how to create and run a website on that. School kids are introduced to it. Would be an excellent entry point into digital sovereignty for citizens.
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Re:Announcing .self: A New Top-Level Domain Designed to Supp... by HumanCCF on Monday June 29, 2026 @11:30PM (#48728208)
Enabling digital sovereignty for individuals is our foundational motivating principle!
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Re:Announcing .self: A New Top-Level Domain Designed to Supp... by DocTomoe on Tuesday June 30, 2026 @01:04AM (#48728664)
Please leave states out of this. The State™ is not your friend, and we don't need a future, even more criminal government to have access to the shutdown button of even more of our identity.

Note that I did not single out an individual coutnry. All governments always stride towards autocracy.

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Re:Announcing .self: A New Top-Level Domain Designed to Supp... by severak_cz on Tuesday June 30, 2026 @04:50AM (#48730076)
Except that Klaus Mueller is definitely not unique name. Human names are not that unique.
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