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IANA Function Review Team (IFRT) special teleconference with ICANN legal
by Kaili Kan Feb. 25, 2020

Feb. 25, 2020

Dear At-Large and All, The IFRT had a special teleconference on 25 February 2020, 16:00 UTC. During this meeting Sam Eisner of ICANN Legal introduced in detail the contract between ICANN and PTI, which is the foundation for IFRT to work upon. Recording of this special teleconference, as well as the notes of it later, can be found at: https://community.icann.org/display/ifr/Special+call%3A++IFRT+call+with+ICA… As the representative of At-Large and the AP region at IFRT, if you have any questions, concerns, suggestions or opinions, please do not hesitate to contact me, so that I may present them at IFRT. Thank you all. Yours, Kaili Kan

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IANA Naming Function Review Team (IFRT) #6 meeting
by Kaili Kan Feb. 25, 2020

Feb. 25, 2020

Dear At-Large and All, The IFRT had its 6th meeting via teleconference on 18 February 2020, 17:00 UTC. The meeting discussed the following: -- Approved the Work Plan; -- After reviewing the IANA naming function contract, broke down the contract into review tasks for assignment. As the representative of At-Large and the AP region at IFRT, if you have any questions, concerns, suggestions or opinions, please do not hesitate to contact me, so that I may present them at IFRT. Thank you all. Yours, Kaili Kan

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Fwd: ALERT: ICANN67 Public Meeting Will Now Be Remote Participation
by Maureen Hilyard Feb. 22, 2020

Feb. 22, 2020

Subject: ALERT: ICANN67 Public Meeting Will Now Be Remote Participation [image: Header Image] Dear Ms. Maureen Hilyard: The ICANN67 Public Meeting, which was to be held in Cancún, Mexico, will now be held via remote participation-only. This decision was made as a result of the coronavirus disease (COVID-19) outbreak, considered a public health emergency of international concern by the World Health Organization <https://www.who.int/>. Please read the full announcement here <https://www.icann.org/news/announcement-2020-02-19-en>. A modified remote participation schedule for ICANN67, scheduled for 7-12 March 2020, will be released soon at https://67.schedule.icann.org. The community will have many questions about travel arrangements, scheduling, and other meeting-related issues. In addition to the modified ICANN67 schedule, ICANN will also publish a Frequently Asked Questions (FAQs) page to https://icann.org soon and make further announcements as more information becomes available. ICANN thanks its regional partners in Latin America and the Caribbean (LAC) who had worked tirelessly to host this meeting in Cancún. We appreciate their understanding and we look forward to returning to the LAC region for ICANN70 in 2021. ------------------------------ Funded Travelers, including ICANN Board, Staff, or Support, will receive an additional email communication from the Travel Support team concerning flights, hotels, and other accommodations. ------------------------------ Keep up to date on ICANN67-related news by following ICANN on social media: https://twitter.com/icann https://www.twitter.com/icann_es https://www.linkedin.com/company/icann https://www.facebook.com/icannorg https://www.flickr.com/photos/icann https://www.youtube.com/user/ICANNnews https://www.instagram.com/icannorg Don't forget to "Opt In" for emails if you want to receive information about ICANN Public Meetings. These emails can include invitations to join the mobile app, build a personal schedule, and signup for the #ICANN67 Newsletter. ICANN will not sell or share your name or email address with third parties for commercial or marketing purposes. ------------------------------ SCHEDULE AND MOBILE APP Visit https://67.schedule.icann.org to take advantage of the website features which allow you to: - Build a personalized schedule of sessions. - Review and download session materials. - Schedule 1:1 meetings with other attendees. - View the profiles and interests of the other attendees. - Discover which contacts from Twitter and LinkedIn are also attending. - Join the conversations we're having about the topics that are critical to our industry today. ------------------------------ We look forward to involvement in this remote participation meeting! Best regards, ICANN Meetings Department ------------------------------ This an automated email, please do not reply to this message. Replies to this email are not monitored or answered. If you have a question or concern, please email meetings(a)icann.org.

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Weekly posting summary for at-large@atlarge-lists.icann.org
by narten＠us.ibm.com Feb. 21, 2020

Feb. 21, 2020

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Re: [At-Large] Fwd: ALERT: ICANN67 Public Meeting Will Now Be Remote Participation
by Alan Greenberg Feb. 20, 2020

Feb. 20, 2020

I *KNOW* that such subsidies would be necessary but I also suspect the logistics would make it very difficult to pull off. That being said, I am not all that positive about the idea of the full-remote meeting. We know the difficulty at getting full attendance even when everyone is at a F2F meeting. The difficulty of carving out time when you are still actually in your home city, coupled with the time zone issue for many, will make it VERY difficult to get anywhere the attendance or more important the level of work done. Alan At 20/02/2020 06:53 AM, Evan Leibovitch wrote: Maybe if this forced experiment succeeds more meetings will be done this way. Being more virtual provides a more-level playing field that reduces opportunities for corridor lobbying and "squeaky wheel"-based policy making. ALAC should press Constituency Travel to ensure that accommodations are made for otherwise-funded participants who may have poor local internet. Such assistance could be in the form of temporary subsidy for Internet improvement or travel to the nearest location with video-streaming-capable Internet access. ICANN's substantial cost savings realized through the cancellation -- even considering forfeited deposits -- should more than cover any cost of ensuring that the ALAC 25 as well as others who are typically funded are not disadvantaged because of poor connectivity at home. - Evan On Wed, 19 Feb 2020 at 21:02, Maureen Hilyard < maureen.hilyard(a)gmail.com<mailto:maureen.hilyard@gmail.com>> wrote: Subject: ALERT: ICANN67 Public Meeting Will Now Be Remote Participation Dear Ms. Maureen Hilyard: The ICANN67 Public Meeting, which was to be held in CancÃºn, Mexico, will now be held via remote participation-only. This decision was made as a result of the coronavirus disease (COVID-19) outbreak, considered a public health emergency of international concern by the World Health Organization<https://www.who.int/>. Please read the full announcement here<https://www.icann.org/news/announcement-2020-02-19-en> . A modified remote participation schedule for ICANN67, scheduled for 7-12 March 2020, will be released soon at https://67.schedule.icann.org . The community will have many questions about travel arrangements, scheduling, and other meeting-related issues. In addition to the modified ICANN67 schedule, ICANN will also publish a Frequently Asked Questions (FAQs) page to https://icann.org<https://icann.org/> soon and make further announcements as more information becomes available. ICANN thanks its regional partners in Latin America and the Caribbean (LAC) who had worked tirelessly to host this meeting in CancÃºn. We appreciate their understanding and we look forward to returning to the LAC region for ICANN70 in 2021. ________________________________ Funded Travelers, including ICANN Board, Staff, or Support, will receive an additional email communication from the Travel Support team concerning flights, hotels, and other accommodations. ________________________________ Keep up to date on ICANN67-related news by following ICANN on social media: https://twitter.com/icann https://www.twitter.com/icann_es https://www.linkedin.com/company/icann https://www.facebook.com/icannorg https://www.flickr.com/photos/icann https://www.youtube.com/user/ICANNnews https://www.instagram.com/icannorg Don't forget to "Opt In" for emails if you want to receive information about ICANN Public Meetings. These emails can include invitations to join the mobile app, build a personal schedule, and signup for the #ICANN67 Newsletter. ICANN will not sell or share your name or email address with third parties for commercial or marketing purposes. ________________________________ SCHEDULE AND MOBILE APP Visit https://67.schedule.icann.org to take advantage of the website features which allow you to: Build a personalized schedule of sessions. Review and download session materials. Schedule 1:1 meetings with other attendees. View the profiles and interests of the other attendees. Discover which contacts from Twitter and LinkedIn are also attending. Join the conversations we're having about the topics that are critical to our industry today. ________________________________ We look forward to involvement in this remote participation meeting! Best regards, ICANN Meetings Department ________________________________ This an automated email, please do not reply to this message. Replies to this email are not monitored or answered. If you have a question or concern, please email meetings(a)icann.org<mailto:meetings@icann.org>. _______________________________________________ At-Large mailing list At-Large(a)atlarge-lists.icann.org<mailto:At-Large@atlarge-lists.icann.org> https://atlarge-lists.icann.org/mailman/listinfo/at-large At-Large Official Site: http://atlarge.icann.org _______________________________________________ By submitting your personal data, you consent to the processing of your personal data for purposes of subscribing to this mailing list accordance with the ICANN Privacy Policy ( https://www.icann.org/privacy/policy) and the website Terms of Service ( https://www.icann.org/privacy/tos) You can visit the Mailman link above to change your membership status or configuration, including unsubscribing, setting digest-style delivery or disabling delivery altogether (e.g., for a vacation), and so on. -- Evan Leibovitch, Toronto Canada @evanleibovitch or @el56 _______________________________________________ At-Large mailing list At-Large(a)atlarge-lists.icann.org https://atlarge-lists.icann.org/mailman/listinfo/at-large At-Large Official Site: http://atlarge.icann.org<http://atlarge.icann.org/> _______________________________________________ By submitting your personal data, you consent to the processing of your personal data for purposes of subscribing to this mailing list accordance with the ICANN Privacy Policy ( https://www.icann.org/privacy/policy) and the website Terms of Service ( https://www.icann.org/privacy/tos) You can visit the Mailman link above to change your membership status or configuration, including unsubscribing, setting digest-style delivery or disabling delivery altogether (e.g., for a vacation), and so on.

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The International Institute of Communications 2020 for Future Leaders - ‘Is it possible to breach privacy when there is no human in the loop?’ April 6th, 2020
by Joanna Kulesza Feb. 19, 2020

Feb. 19, 2020

Dear all, thought this might be of interest to some. Apologies for any possible cross posting: *International Institute of Communications 2020 Competition for Future Leaders* *https://www.iicom.org/fln-2020/ <https://eur01.safelinks.protection.outlook.com/?url=https%3A%2F%2Fwww.iicom…>* The International Institute of Communications is an independent, global organisation that brings together senior policy makers from across the emerging digital ecosystem to explore and discuss the opportunities and challenges that the new environments bring. Indeed, across the industry we work in, the rapid pace of technological change and the concurrent emergence of new user behaviours mean that policy makers face ever-evolving challenges to permit innovation, offer protection to all stakeholders (users and industry alike) and respond to political and governmental needs. The strength and value of the IIC is to offer the opportunity to learn and share information, in an atmosphere of collaboration. This is through access, among other factors, to the IIC’s journal: Intermedia, the website, social media presence, global and regional events – all contributing to a matrix of information-sharing, relationships and influence. *What is this initiative?* Now in its third year, the Future Leaders Competition is widening its call for entries to reach an even wider pool of rising stars within the sector who would not normally have access to our events. This ‘Competition for Future Leaders’ seeks to encourage and promote original thought in the areas of communications and policy. *What do you need to do?* Produce a digital report (up to 5,000 words) on the topic of ‘Is it possible to breach privacy when there is no human in the loop?’ Some suggested areas that you might address are: - What does the theme mean to you? What are the policy issues that might be addressed? - What are the benefits and what might be the challenges? - How did your insights and your experience inform your suggested commentary? How did you develop, test, iterate and refine your concept? - Commercial awareness – does your answer make sense from a financial and competitive point of view? - Draw on relevant international examples (if applicable). You should: - Demonstrate a clear point of view - Demonstrate awareness and understanding of contending viewpoints - Provide a structured, clear, and cogent position and justification for that position. *What are the rules?* The IIC 2020 Competition for Future Leaders is a competition run by the International Institute of Communications. By entering the competition, entrants agree to comply with the rules set out below. *Eligibility* The Competition is open to individuals aged 35 and under, working within the TMT communications sector. Entries must be the original work of the author and previously unpublished. *Submission requirements* Only 1 submission per person may be made. All entries must be submitted online. Details will be available in due course. The Competition will open on *6 April 2020*, and the final deadline for entries is *8 June 2020* at 4pm GMT. Please note that late submissions will not be accepted. *Judging* There is a panel of judges who will review the submissions: - Derek Wilding (Chair), University of Technology Sydney, Australia - Andrea Millwood Hargrave, IIC, UK - Paul Mitchell, Senior Director, Technology Policy, Microsoft Corporation - Lisa Felton, Head of Data, Services and Consumer Regulation, Vodafone Group - Sohni Kaur, Director, Strategic Engagement & Analytics, Netflix Submissions will be evaluated on criteria including original thought and analysis. All submissions will be reviewed anonymously. The judges may determine not to award some or all the prizes. The judges’ determinations will be final. *Awards* The overall winner will receive paid travel and accommodation expenses to present their entry at the IIC’s Annual Conference in October 2020 (Country and date tbc). They also will be given £250 for subsistence. The top 10 entries will be published online and the submission from the overall winner will be published in the IIC’s journal, InterMedia, which is distributed to all IIC Members and beyond. The top 10 entries also receive a year’s complimentary Membership to the IIC Future Leaders’ Network, which includes access to the IIC’s networks and resources. *Key Dates* - *6 April 2020 *– Competition opens for submissions - *8 June 2020 *– Final deadline for submissions by 4 pm GMT - *End June 2020 *– Winners announced - *October 2020 –* Overall winner to attend the IIC’s Annual Conference -- Kind regards, Joanna Kulesza ------------------- Joanna Kulesza, PhD University of Lodz, Poland ALAC / EURALO / Capacity Building Working Group Co-Chair SOI: https://community.icann.org/display/atlarge/Joanna+Kulesza+SOI TT: @KuleszaJ

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Weekly posting summary for at-large@atlarge-lists.icann.org
by narten＠us.ibm.com Feb. 14, 2020

Feb. 14, 2020

Total of 10 messages in the last 7 days. script run at: Fri 14 Feb 2020 12:53:06 AM EST Messages | Bytes | Who --------+------+--------+----------+------------------------ 10.00% | 1 | 65.95% | 421684 | kankaili at gmail.com 20.00% | 2 | 7.26% | 46428 | devtee at gmail.com 10.00% | 1 | 6.96% | 44487 | hadia at tra.gov.eg 10.00% | 1 | 6.11% | 39080 | carlton.samuels at gmail.com 10.00% | 1 | 4.06% | 25947 | joly at punkcast.com 10.00% | 1 | 3.20% | 20469 | apisan at unam.mx 10.00% | 1 | 2.77% | 17727 | roberto_gaetano at hotmail.com 10.00% | 1 | 1.97% | 12584 | narten at us.ibm.com 10.00% | 1 | 1.72% | 11013 | bzs at theworld.com --------+------+--------+----------+------------------------ 100.00% | 10 |100.00% | 639419 | Total

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Google Developers : Humans can't read URLs. How can we fix it? - HTTP 203
by Dev Anand Teelucksingh Feb. 12, 2020

Feb. 12, 2020

"In this episode, Jake makes the case that URLs are impossible for humans to interpret, especially when it comes to security. What are browsers doing today to overcome that? And, is there a better way" Watch the 20 min episode : https://youtu.be/0-wB1VY3Nrc Dev Anand

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Re: [At-Large] [technology taskforce] Google Developers : Humans can't read URLs. How can we fix it? - HTTP 203
by Hadia Abdelsalam Mokhtar EL miniawi Feb. 12, 2020

Feb. 12, 2020

He is suggesting a way through which non-technical users can identify easily the eTLD+1 and thus maybe not tricked by bad actors. Hadia From: At-Large [mailto:at-large-bounces@atlarge-lists.icann.org] On Behalf Of Carlton Samuels Sent: Tuesday, February 11, 2020 8:07 PM To: Dev Anand Teelucksingh Cc: Technology Taskforce WG; At-Large Worldwide Subject: Re: [At-Large] [technology taskforce] Google Developers : Humans can't read URLs. How can we fix it? - HTTP 203 I viewed the video and my takeaway was that browsers can be configured for a role in building confidence in domain names. Very good discussion guys. CAS On Mon, 10 Feb 2020, 10:08 pm Dev Anand Teelucksingh, <devtee(a)gmail.com<mailto:devtee@gmail.com>> wrote: Dr. Alejandro Pisanty Baruch <apisan(a)unam.mx<mailto:apisan@unam.mx>> wrote: "is this just one more iteration of "domain names will cease to be relevant soon" or is it a move or trend that will definitely undermine their importance and therefore also change the markets?" I think no, this is not an iteration about domain names becoming irrelevant. The discussion focused on how to ensure browser users can identify what domain they are visiting so IMO, it strengthens the use of domain names by having users trust the domain they are visiting. The challenge as I see it is with the prevalence of many new TLDs, the risk of phishing and malware attacks are higher where bad persons try to trick persons to either: - go to bad persons' website(s) at domains pretending to be another organisation/service in order to get user login credentials to such organisations/services or - open links to malware files and become infected. So typically, bad persons would use typos that look similiar to the legitimate domain or add a few characters before or after the 2nd level domain So for example.com<http://example.com>, there could be exannple.com<http://exannple.com> , examp1e.com<http://examp1e.com>, eexamples.com<http://eexamples.com> and examples.com<http://examples.com> . With more TLDs and wider use of ccTLDs, bad persons could also do things like examples.xyz<http://examples.xyz>, examp1e.tv<http://examp1e.tv> and so on. With longer URLs, one can mask the legitimate domain as a third or fourth level subdomain of a bad persons' domain. Very long URLs like this are more difficult to parse and read on a mobile phone. Content Management Systems for websites over the years unfortunately generate long URLs that do work to direct persons to websites but are obscure for persons to parse. So an example of a bad URL : https://community.icann.org.can.work/display/atlarge/2020-01-27+At-Large+Te… Persons glancing at this URL would see icann.org<http://icann.org> and may think everything is fine and go ahead and click on the URL when its not. Nearly all browser vendors are using the Public Suffix List at https://publicsuffix.org/ which started as a Mozilla Initiative. From the Public Suffix List website, a "public suffix" is one under which Internet users can (or historically could) directly register names. Tracking this is important to ensure that a website can't set cookies that other websites can read or modify under the same domain. What the episode showed was that Mozilla Firefox (at least on the desktop) highlights the part of the domain that is the public suffix by making it slightly bolder than the rest of the URL. It is however to me, very, very subtle and I wish that Mozilla (and other browsers) make the public suffix part more bold or even a slightly bigger font size to alert users as to the true domain being viewed. Some mobile browsers are showing only the domain and not the rest of the URL and allow for the full URL can be viewed and edited when you tap on the URL bar which also helps. Kind Regards, Dev Anand Teelucksingh On Sun, Feb 9, 2020 at 3:23 PM Dr. Alejandro Pisanty Baruch <apisan(a)unam.mx<mailto:apisan@unam.mx>> wrote: Dev, thanks a lot for sending this. While at first it may seem off-topic, it cuts deeply into very relevant questions for us: is this just one more iteration of "domain names will cease to be relevant soon" or is it a move or trend that will definitely undermine their importance and therefore also change the markets? If it proceeds, what balances of power will appear that we don't face now? One example: will the companies that operate search or that provide browsers (or both!) earn new powers? This is already being discussed elsewhere. What are the views that are relevant for ICANN Internet users At Large, and other stakeholders? Yours, Alejandro Pisanty - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - Dr. Alejandro Pisanty Facultad de Química UNAM Av. Universidad 3000, 04510 Mexico DF Mexico +52-1-5541444475 FROM ABROAD +525541444475 DESDE MÉXICO SMS +525541444475 Blog: http://pisanty.blogspot.com LinkedIn: http://www.linkedin.com/in/pisanty Unete al grupo UNAM en LinkedIn, http://www.linkedin.com/e/gis/22285/4A106C0C8614 Twitter: http://twitter.com/apisanty ---->> Unete a ISOC Mexico, http://www.isoc.org . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . ________________________________ Desde: At-Large [at-large-bounces(a)atlarge-lists.icann.org<mailto:at-large-bounces@atlarge-lists.icann.org>] en nombre de Dev Anand Teelucksingh [devtee(a)gmail.com<mailto:devtee@gmail.com>] Enviado el: viernes, 07 de febrero de 2020 11:21 Hasta: At-Large Worldwide Asunto: [At-Large] Google Developers : Humans can't read URLs. How can we fix it? - HTTP 203 "In this episode, Jake makes the case that URLs are impossible for humans to interpret, especially when it comes to security. What are browsers doing today to overcome that? And, is there a better way" Watch the 20 min episode : https://youtu.be/0-wB1VY3Nrc Dev Anand _______________________________________________ ttf mailing list ttf(a)atlarge-lists.icann.org<mailto:ttf@atlarge-lists.icann.org> https://mm.icann.org/mailman/listinfo/ttf _______________________________________________ By submitting your personal data, you consent to the processing of your personal data for purposes of subscribing to this mailing list accordance with the ICANN Privacy Policy (https://www.icann.org/privacy/policy) and the website Terms of Service (https://www.icann.org/privacy/tos) You can visit the Mailman link above to change your membership status or configuration, including unsubscribing, setting digest-style delivery or disabling delivery altogether (e.g., for a vacation), and so on.

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WEBCAST TODAY: The Controversial Sale of the .ORG Registry: The Conversation We Should Be Having
by Joly MacFie Feb. 11, 2020

Feb. 11, 2020

About to start. AUWCL advertises this as a 'Fireside Chat', so things may get warm! ISOC Live posted: "Today, Tuesday February 11 2020 at noon EST (17:00 UTC) the American University Washington College of Law, the Program on Information Justice and Intellectual Property, the Internet Governance Lab and the WCL Intellectual Property Brief present 'The Cont" [image: livestream] <https://youtu.be/NEDeQt-gJNQ>Today, *Tuesday February 11 2020* at * noon EST* (17:00 UTC) the *American University Washington College of Law <https://www.wcl.american.edu/>*, the* Program on Information Justice and Intellectual Property* <https://www.wcl.american.edu/impact/initiatives-programs/pijip/>, the *Internet Governance Lab <https://internetgovernancelab.org/>* and the *WCL Intellectual Property Brief <https://digitalcommons.wcl.american.edu/ipbrief/>* present '*The Controversial Sale of the .ORG Registry: The Conversation We Should Be Having <https://www.wcl.american.edu/impact/initiatives-programs/pijip/events/the-c…>*' in Washington DC. Speakers: *Andrew Sullivan*, President & CEO, Internet Society; *Mitch Stoltz*, Senior Staff Attorney, Electronic Frontier Foundation; *Benjamin Leff, *Professor of Law, Charitable and Non-Profit Organizations, Washington College of Law; *Marc Rotenberg*, President, Electronic Privacy Information Center; and *Kathryn Kleiman*, IP & Tech Clinic, Washington College of Law (facilitator). The event will be webcast live via *YouTube <https://youtu.be/NEDeQt-gJNQ>*. *VIEW ON YOUTUBE: https://youtu.be/NEDeQt-gJNQ <https://youtu.be/NEDeQt-gJNQ>* *TWITTER: #dotORG <https://isoc.live/11778/#dotORG>* *Permalink* https://isoc.live/11778/ - -- -------------------------------------- Joly MacFie +2185659365 -------------------------------------- -

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