Tomorrow afternoon at 1pm EST Apple will be giving testimony to the House Judiciary Committee. The session that Apple and others will be taking part in is aptly named: The Encryption Tightrope: Balancing Americans’ Security and Privacy In common with other hearings the various witnesses called to speak have already submitted their written testimony, so we can already look at … [Read more...] about Apple vs FBI: Apple and Others To Argue On The Hill
Archives for February 2016
UK Government Considers Forcing All Adult Sites To Do Mandatory Age Verification
The UK government has opened a consultation on "age verification". It's bundled in under the title of: Child Safety Online: Age Verification for Pornography. There's a few "gems" in the materials that show not only how big the adult industry is, but also how big an impact any proposals could have on it. For example, the report from the panel of experts gives some very … [Read more...] about UK Government Considers Forcing All Adult Sites To Do Mandatory Age Verification
PuntCat The .Cat Registry Breaks 100k Domains Registry
The .cat domain name registry has broken the 100 thousand domains registered mark. The milestone was reached last Friday evening and was made official Saturday. The registry put out a release to celebrate the milestone and are confident in their claim that the .cat domain name is now the "go to" domain extension for Catalonia and Catalan speakers. This is exactly what Santi … [Read more...] about PuntCat The .Cat Registry Breaks 100k Domains Registry
Which Brands Registered Short IE Domains During Sunrise?
The sunrise period for "short" IE domain names drew to a close before Christmas. While there wasn't a huge number of domains registered during the sunrise by brand owners, there were several well known companies that succeeded in getting one or more domains. If you check the whois records for many of the domains you'll find that they are registered to well known brands' … [Read more...] about Which Brands Registered Short IE Domains During Sunrise?
LACTLD Appoints Andrés Piazza General Manager
LACTLD has announced that the appointment of Andrés Piazza as General Manager. Piazza will take up the post formally from April 1st 2016. He will be working alongside the current General Manage, Carolina Aguerre, from mid-March. Piazza is a well known figure in the Latin American and Spanish speaking internet industry. He's been with LACNIC since 2011, but prior to that was … [Read more...] about LACTLD Appoints Andrés Piazza General Manager
FBI vs Apple: A Bit Of Light Reading
Encryption is key to commerce online. Anything that weakens it is a threat to the digital economy, so the FBI vs Apple case is something that a lot of people are watching very closely. I posted about the case on my company's blog the other day and the case and its implications have been covered widely in the media. The most recent development is that Apple has filed … [Read more...] about FBI vs Apple: A Bit Of Light Reading
IEDR Opens Public Consultation On IDN Domains
IEDR has launched a public consultation on the introduction of IDN domains in the .ie name space. The consultation period runs from February 21st, 2016, until March 21st, 2016. Up until now only Latin characters have been permitted in .ie domain names, even though one of Ireland's official languages is Irish (gaelic) which uses accented characters. The "fada" is used in … [Read more...] about IEDR Opens Public Consultation On IDN Domains
Heading To ICANN 55? Local Data SIMs Might Save You Money
The next public ICANN meeting is being held in Marrakech early next month. I'll be attending, so I thought I'd check with my mobile phone company about their roaming rates for both voice and data. I've also seen several colleagues from the ICANN community posting about the rates their providers are quoting. Short version - it's not cheap! (The mobile phone company we use … [Read more...] about Heading To ICANN 55? Local Data SIMs Might Save You Money
Ted Cruz vs ICANN CEO Saga Continues
Earlier this month US Presidential hopeful, Senator Ted Cruz, wrote to ICANN CEO Fadi Chehadé to express his displeasure over Chehadé's activity in China. Chehadé's reply was sent last week and obviously did little to placate the Republican politician. In a release from Cruz's office last night it's pretty clear that we haven't heard the end of this episode (emphasis … [Read more...] about Ted Cruz vs ICANN CEO Saga Continues
Minds & Machines Replace CEO Antony Van Couvering With CMO Toby Hall
Minds and Machines (Top Level Domain Holdings) is one of the publicly traded companies involved in the TLD space. The company trades on the UK stock market with the symbol: LSE:MMX Earlier this morning news broke that the company's board had voted unanimously to remove company founder and CEO Antony Van Couvering. Van Couvering broke the story himself in a blog post … [Read more...] about Minds & Machines Replace CEO Antony Van Couvering With CMO Toby Hall