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Technology@beehaw.org · 9 months ago

Taliban Shuts Down 'queer.af' Domain, Breaking Mastodon Instance

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Taliban Shuts Down 'queer.af' Domain, Breaking Mastodon Instance

www.404media.co

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Technology@beehaw.org · 9 months ago

After years in limbo, the Taliban recently began reoperating Afghanistan's .af TLD, which is breaking parts of the internet.

cross-posted from: https://lemmy.ml/post/11820406

Do not use 2 letter country TLDs!

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‘idiots sign domain over to government, confused when government shuts down domain’
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  They knew it was risky AF (pun intended) but went for it anyway. It’s not like they were confused, they expected this

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