Long Term Hazard:
I’m just speculating here, but ...
ICANN could also legitimize a rival internet with its hub in China. [They already have the infrustructure and have already build facilities for ICANN.]
Each registry [such as .com or .org] could find itself up against a foreign ‘shadow TLD’. In other words — the worst cyber war yet in history. Imagine typing in to this forum and your computer downloads bugs and you see nothing but Chinese propaganda or the most perverse kind of porn or even snuff films.
We would need firewalls and completely isolate ourselves from the shadow registries.
Actually — China probably does not need ICANN’s direct support anymore. They’ve been building close friendships with each other for half a year now [or longer].
But what ICANN does is provide international legitimacy as well as act as a ‘security blanket’ for other foreign powers which are uncomfortable with challenging US dominance of the internet.
This was done to rape and steal from America.
The GOP was excited and paid appropriately
and helped the give away.
Given that the still-EXEMPT “US” Congress
already arms al QAeda and hates Americans
(keeping the border open, and EV-D68 and other
diseases entering EVERY SINGLE DAY), no surprise.
What would ever stop someone with ownership or access to an advanced telecommunications network (Verizon, for example) from setting up their own internet with their own extensions (.vzn, for example)?
once upon a time,
I voted in some kind
of ICANN mail-in election.
..............
I trust ICANN a lot more
than Obama or the US Congress,
for internet issues.
Rocky
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