Posts tagged ICANN
On December 16, 2011, the FTC filed this release, and a letter to ICANN regarding their “Rapid Expansion of Internet Domain Name System.” As this program prepares to launch today, (January 12, 2012) it appears that ICANN is, once again, ignoring common sense and a sincere disregard for doing the right thing. Continue reading »
Posted by Fred, January 12, 2012
This is your opportunity to let your voice be heard and improve Internet security. The Domain Name Registrars and ICANN have failed to implement previously agreed upon law enforcement provisions to their contracts which improve accountability and help stop cybercriminals(1 ). Wednesday December 14
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Posted by Fred, December 13, 2011
As the fable goes, Nero fiddled while Rome burned. The guardians of the internet are making the changes and decisions that will change the internet forever. You may not like what happens next. We’re going to watch this issue a little closer in the future. This issue : * ICANN Killing the Internet as we know it * Domain name changes and the Internet landscape * ANA Fears Brand Squatting in ICANN’s New Domain Plan * ICANN plan ‘potentially disastrous’ * Casting.xxx ushers in a new internet era * Businesses buying .XXX porn domains … stay informed, stay tuned.
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Posted by InfoManager, August 7, 2011
So much has happened since the last Knujon report, the controversial Doomsday Book, at the ICANN meeting in Brussels. ICANN officer forced to leave ICANN, attacks on Knujon, law suits brewing…
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Posted by Fred, July 29, 2010
As many of us have been preaching all along, there are some folks in very high places who have also come to the realization that some form of accountability is required for orderly and unhindered growth of the internet. Hallelujah!
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Posted by Fred, May 2, 2010
As has been widely noted in the blogosphere this week, Friday night Facebook will begin allowing users to register their own plain-language Facebook domain names, like facebook.com/my.name Continue reading »
Posted by Fred, June 13, 2009
What happens if ICANN is privatized in September? The board of the internet governing body is no longer accountable to any entity. The organization is already failing to properly administrate the DNS system, once government overview goes away, so does all manner of accountability and private security. Privatization must be stopped. Read:
this article at SafeNetting
Posted by Fred, June 6, 2009
Seems folks out in Utah, particularly the Church of Jesus Christ of Latter-day Saints are getting fed up with internet porn and smut. Can you blame them? Continue reading »
Posted by Fred, March 21, 2009
This year the spam fighting collective with Knujon at the lead, have scored yet more victories. Those of you who got involved by sending Knujon your spam can congratulate yourselves — several key ICANN rules have been passed. Continue reading »
Posted by Fred, March 15, 2009
All of our preaching for the complete dismantling and restructuring of ICANN is now being validated and reinforced by activities from several other internet crime-fighting agencies. We’ve reported the investigative work by KnujOn.com many, many times. A second agency has now entered the fray to provide yet more substantial evidence that ICANN is at the root of the cybercrime problem.
Read this article at www.safenetting.com
Posted by Fred, September 9, 2008
Over the past several months we’ve reported on several issues within the ivory towers of Internet domain name management that affects every Internet user. These issues are now boiling to critical mass and you should at least be aware of what’s going on…
SafeNetting
Posted by Fred, July 17, 2008
Domain kiting targeted, and NetworkSolutions gets to point their finger at “Domain Tasting” as the reason for their long-established practice of “Front running Domains” and the whole mess is about to get ugly… Continue reading »
Posted by Fred, June 29, 2008
October Phishing Report: ICANN is in the news, directly related to phishing because they have once again stalled on a security measure that would prevent hackers, spammers and phishers from utilizing the Whois for identity theft. After so many years, you begin to believe they’re favoring the cyber criminals. What are they thinking??? Continue reading »
Posted by Lynn Wegley, November 5, 2007