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Which is why everyone should have their own domain name, or have a contract with a reputable provider. It's crazy to cede over ones entire identity to a free "

by trhtrsh 13y ago

Which is why everyone should have their own domain name, or have a contract with a reputable provider. It's crazy to cede over ones entire identity to a free "best-effort" service.

drdaeman 13y ago
Identities and accounts are two separate matters. Accounts can only be some of identity's credentials. You are not your email address (and you should never be considered so), but your email provider can optionally act as one of trusted third parties who can assert your identity. Not the other round. Also, you can't really own a domain name — you can only rent it from your domain registrar, in almost a same manner you rent your email account. And the idea of paying for keeping my own identity somehow frightens me.
- trhtrsh 13y ago
  You can pay for many years in advance, and you can register for auto-renewal. Paying to keep your identity is far better than borrowing it from someone who has made no promises to you.
  - drdaeman 13y ago
    Well, if possible, I'd really prefer to actually posess my identity (like I possess my GPG keypair) and be the authoritative source of it, not lease it. I really don't want others to define who I am, and prefer them to merely assert my own definition of myself. Unfortunately, modern trends of the Web is to make things work in exactly the opposite way. (Original comment was edited from one-liner to a more verbose explaination.)
- woe 13y ago
  Your domain name isn't your identity, it's your identifier. So is your telephone number, and you pay for that.
furyofantares 13y ago
> Which is why everyone should have their own domain name Better never let it expire, though
oulipo 13y ago
The problem is that by all measures, Google is the most reputable provider... of course there are some problematic stories from time to time, but they probably happen also with paid providers, just that you don't hear from them so often because there are less people using paid providers! :)

by trhtrsh 13y ago

Which is why everyone should have their own domain name, or have a contract with a reputable provider. It's crazy to cede over ones entire identity to a free "best-effort" service.

drdaeman 13y ago

Identities and accounts are two separate matters. Accounts can only be some of identity's credentials. You are not your email address (and you should never be considered so), but your email provider can optionally act as one of trusted third parties who can assert your identity. Not the other round. Also, you can't really own a domain name — you can only rent it from your domain registrar, in almost a same manner you rent your email account. And the idea of paying for keeping my own identity somehow frightens me.

trhtrsh 13y ago
You can pay for many years in advance, and you can register for auto-renewal. Paying to keep your identity is far better than borrowing it from someone who has made no promises to you.
- drdaeman 13y ago
  Well, if possible, I'd really prefer to actually posess my identity (like I possess my GPG keypair) and be the authoritative source of it, not lease it. I really don't want others to define who I am, and prefer them to merely assert my own definition of myself. Unfortunately, modern trends of the Web is to make things work in exactly the opposite way. (Original comment was edited from one-liner to a more verbose explaination.)
woe 13y ago
Your domain name isn't your identity, it's your identifier. So is your telephone number, and you pay for that.

furyofantares 13y ago

> Which is why everyone should have their own domain name Better never let it expire, though

oulipo 13y ago

The problem is that by all measures, Google is the most reputable provider... of course there are some problematic stories from time to time, but they probably happen also with paid providers, just that you don't hear from them so often because there are less people using paid providers! :)