On Thu, May 21, 2026 at 3:51 PM Judith Hellerstein via NA-Discuss < na-discuss@icann.org> wrote:
Glenn
Thanks for this excellent article. Everyone needs to be cyber and digitally aware
No, the article is not excellent. Just the opposite. It describes (part of the problem) but puts the onus to fix elsewhere -- on ICANN, on registrars, on regulators. It works on the premise that the end user is powerless to act, which as we have discussed in previous discussions here is absolutely wrong. In the article the author says "*The tools exist. The question is whether the will to use them is there*", without actually bothering to research what those tools are. Abuse-blocking DNS exists worldwide and is readily available. This is a complaint that refuses to do even the minimum to take responsibility for one's own protection and search for solutions (which very much exist). "It's everyone else's fault and everyone else has to fix things" is simply not an acceptable approach when solutions are available to everyone who cares about the issue. Indeed, I consider this to be misinformation from someone claiming to be authoritative enough to publish about the issue on a public forum. Anyone reading it will be LESS digitally aware because they too might take away from this piece that end-users are powerless to confront the issue. It's also another reminder why I would never submit anything to CircleID and don't follow it except for what shows up in this mailing list. - Evan
https://circleid.com/posts/dns-abuse-is-stealing-indias-youth-fake-domains-a...