news Replica Domains on "The New Internet"? Squatters?

JB Lions said:

Confusing as hell, watched a few videos. Heard about downloading some browser.

Watched this video -

more videos - https://vimeo.com/user38247927

Didn't know FB cloning was an issue and then people would need to download some browser? That hasn't worked in the past. Reminds of of late 90's/early 2000's internet.

Can't figure out the point to any of it. Download browsers and then "real-time validation via driver's license" Give up your driver's license? People generally aren't jumping thru those kind of hoops.
Failure written all over it.

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Complete failure indeed... As if we don't have data mining and privacy issues looming over our heads already!

Silentptnr said:

Don't know if I like this...

People can register a domain name in the system that match their existing domain.

They can also register existing domains owned by others that are parked. Chris Ciabarra, co-founder of Authenticated Reality, told Domain Name Wire that these domains can be activated on The New Internet and the buyers can resell them, splitting profits with Authenticated Reality.

Of course, having one domain name resolve to different sites depending on your browser will cause more confusion, whereas Authenticated Reality’s stated goal is to bring authentication to the internet.

Sounds like some kind of get rich quick scheme or something.

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Amazing... They should have just gone and registered epicfail.com instead of thenewinternet.com. It reminds of that viral youtube video that got people drilling an audio jack into their brand new iPhone 7. You know a good number of unsuspecting people will fall for it...

Zandibot said:

Right? He's basically created a new browser that you can leave comments in and be "authenticated" by and purchase fake domain names from. Worst of all, he dropped $14k on the domain TheNewInternet.com... Like c'mon bro... for real? Shaking my head the hardest I've shook it in a long time.

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And... in a few days, when you start getting neck pain from shaking it so hard; you know who to go after!

Silentptnr said:

Imagine its successful. Original domains would get tons of free traffic. How could anyone advertise those domains? Acquisition costs are already sky high and he thinks people will motivated enough to use a special software? Hard enough to get people to go to regular sites let alone use special software, upload id's and all that jazz. Only domainers go through all that to register domains.

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Point well made. Sadly though, somewhere in his mind, he somewhat thinks he is making the internet better.
There's a saying in Japanese that goes like this: "The nail that sticks out, gets hammered". Exactly what we have here...

Contributing to the internet means improving upon the existing technologies while keeping the basic notions intact and backward compatible. Going against the grain is definitely asking for trouble...

Zandibot said:

Right? It's so silly... someone with that much technical background should understand this already. Has he even considered email addresses? It's bad enough that you have tell your customers to go to Pets.com on a specific browser if they want to shop at the fake pets.com.., but only after you authenticate yourself and leave some comments in the useless sidebar that takes up 30% of the screen, but please don't email @Pets.com because it's not a real domain name, but instead - email us at [email protected]... like huh? What? Why? I so confuuuuused! What a waste of time, money, and code.

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@Zandibot ... I'm tasking you with spearheading the delegation that's supposed to knock some sense into this nonsense...

This is another data grab for resale, g o o g l e and y o u t u b e were formed from collecting off the backs of all the creators "who want to be stars" mentality and business web site owners data feeding the AI database learning mode, a m a z o n does the same- collects their sellers sales volume and supplier list and your knowledge and uses it against you, f a c e b o o k... a p p l e.... do you trust any of them??? I don't, and especially some new company coming along that want's your drivers license id just to enter the door.

The flip side is maybe one of these "new internet" thinking companies will create an good alternative to g o o g l e and keep the net open and anonymous and address the fake PR, and fake serps and bots'- I agree they are a problem- the entire SEO game is scam as far as I am concerned. Top of the serps's does not mean best results in so many cases. Having all sorts of "social signals" is cr*p imho, means little the popular isn't always the best result. These scrapper spy bots exist all over coming out of europe and aws services I find many smaller ones I block. Maybe there will be more than one "new internet", that is backward compatible?... in time. I don't know, these f a c e b o o k log-in-or-else closed systems are good at harvesting and storing away and monopolizing on your data.... just like the latest news where the US congress is debating the sale of browsing activity. This is a mess from all angles.

https://www.wsj.com/articles/with-w...m-giants-can-mine-your-web-history-1490869801

More like the old RealNames system where you can buy a bunch of keywords and let the user access your website without entering a URL/dn in the address bar.

Loxline said:

More like the old RealNames system where you can buy a bunch of keywords and let the user access your website without entering a URL/dn in the address bar.

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I remember that company, but the demise of it I didn't know. Nice of M i c r o s o f t to do that, like all the other small companies they put out of business.

dordomai said:

Nothing wrong with a good squat if done right.

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Especially when done by Kim K

There are some very serious data privacy issues with this and it will run into problems in the EU market if it ever decides to get into it. The idea of allowing people to use domain names that are parked is also a legal minefield as a lot of bluechip companies with deep pockets park various brand names and variants.

Regards...jmcc

JoeE said:

Keep in mind that their domains have NOTHING to do with the wide open Internet

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This is Good ? Could you explain in a little more detail?
Maybe They could be prevented from referring to their offerings as Domains?
Thanks

JoeE said: ↑
"Keep in mind that their domains have NOTHING to do with the wide open Internet"

168 said:

This is Good ? Could you explain in a little more detail?
Maybe They could be prevented from referring to their offerings as Domains?
Thanks

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It means, the domains they "register" and sell are not part of the Internet, they will not be added to the root DNS servers. The only way these domains could be resolved by anyone is through installing their software, so these domains/websites will not be accessible by anyone who does not know about them and agrees to install their software. As a matter of facts subdomains being sold some companies like domain.uk.com domain.us.com domain.de.com etc are more accessible than these domains. ICANN has no control over their domains and if they succeed and grow large, I imagine ICANN would interfere then, but as it stands it is a no go. It didn't work before and it will not work now.

I've got TheSecureNet
and TheSecureInternet

both in King

these are not real domains that you are buying. what you are buying is the right that everyone who installed their software will get redirected to you when they want to access the domain that you bought.

if I buy internet.com and someone who has the software installed wants to access the real internet.com they will redirect the user to you instead.

I wish, i could register google.com here.

And if you registered TheNewFakeInternet.LameNewgTld. g o o g l e, would you provide better search results? lol.

DNGear said:

I wish, i could register google.com here.

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I tried.

Can you get Googel.com?

Silentptnr said:

Here's a link to The New Internet Domain Registrar...

https://thenewnet.com/

So far, all domains I searched are not available...even lkajdfoiadif

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domains which i checked are all available, this is fuckin crazy man! this website is illegal :/

Arsalan Khalil said:

domains which i checked are all available, this is f*ckin crazy man! this website is illegal :/

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That's because no one is going to pay the money for this fraud bad concept.

This is why those with offspring should put child proof locks on medicine cabinets and areas where brain damaging chemicals are stored.

Arsalan Khalil said:

domains which i checked are all available, this is f*ckin crazy man! this website is illegal :/

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They're not real domains! The developer belongs in a white padded room!

90%+ of internet Male users are using adult websites regularly. I think they would not do so on the new internet. They would like to build the new brave internet, with benefits only and almost no drawbacks. World is not black or white. I mean that people like to be semi anonymous on Google, even when Google meanwhile builds a psychological and physiological profile of the persons using it. The system is not ideal, but it works well for now. I believe that idea will not be adopted by companies nor people.

I guess their trick is to convince newbies to buy 1 word .coms which are parked or not used. There are like 30+% such. But these domains are for me worthless, they could work in second life or sth, but in reality I really doubt it. Not to mention the TM infringement if there are 2 identical .coms. I can see ICANN lawyers all over the place of the new internet.

decades80 said:

90%+ of internet Male users are using adult websites regularly. I think they would not do so on the new internet. They would like to build the new brave internet, with benefits only and almost no drawbacks. World is not black or white. I mean that people like to be semi anonymous on Google, even when Google meanwhile builds a psychological and physiological profile of the persons using it. The system is not ideal, but it works well for now. I believe that idea will not be adopted by companies nor people.

I guess their trick is to convince newbies to buy 1 word .coms which are parked or not used. There are like 30+% such. But these domains are for me worthless, they could work in second life or sth, but in reality I really doubt it. Not to mention the TM infringement if there are 2 identical .coms. I can see ICANN lawyers all over the place of the new internet.

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Good points.