import PageTitle from "@/components/layout/page-title";
import { createMetadata } from "@/lib/metadata";
import backgroundImg from "./sundar.jpg";
export const metadata = createMetadata({
title: "fuckyougoogle.zip 🖕",
description: "This is a horrible idea.",
canonical: "/zip",
});
export const Terminal = () => (
sundar@google:
~$ mv /root
/stable_products_that_people_rely_on/
googledomains.zip /tmp/
sundar@google:
~$ crontab{" "}
-l
# TODO(someone else): make super duper sure this only deletes actual zip files and *NOT* the sketchy domains
ending with file extensions released by us & purchased on our registrar (which i just yeeted btw cuz i'm &
also my evil superpowers are fueled by my reckless disregard for the greater good of the internet). - xoxo
sundar <3
@monthly
rm -f /tmp/
*.zip
sundar@google:
~$ reboot 0
);
fuckyougoogle.zip 🖕
---
### This reaction seems a little extreme?
A little-known monopolistic internet conglomorate simply unleashed [multiple](https://blog.google/products/registry/8-new-top-level-domains-for-dads-grads-tech/) TLDs with coincidentally matching binary file extentions onto the web and then abruptly [exited the consumer domain registrar business](https://newsroom.squarespace.com/blog/squarespace-domains-updates), what's the big deal?
- **Bobby Rauch:** [The Dangers of Google's .zip TLD](https://medium.com/@bobbyrsec/the-dangers-of-googles-zip-tld-5e1e675e59a5)
- **Fortinet:** [Threat Actors Add .zip Domains to Their Phishing Arsenals](https://www.fortinet.com/blog/industry-trends/threat-actors-add-zip-domains-to-phishing-arsenals)
- **Cisco Talos:** [.Zip top-level domains draw potential for information leaks](https://blog.talosintelligence.com/zip-tld-information-leak/)
- **Ars Technica:** [Google pushes .zip and .mov domains onto the Internet, and the Internet pushes back](https://arstechnica.com/information-technology/2023/05/critics-say-googles-new-zip-and-mov-domains-will-be-a-boon-to-scammers/)
- **Malwarebytes:** [Zip domains, a bad idea nobody asked for](https://www.threatdown.com/blog/zip-domains-a-bad-idea-nobody-asked-for/)
- **Wired:** [The Real Risks in Google's New .Zip and .Mov Domains](https://www.wired.com/story/google-zip-mov-domains-phishing-risks/)
- **Netcraft:** [Phishing attacks already using the .zip TLD](https://www.netcraft.com/blog/phishing-attacks-already-using-the-zip-tld/)
- **Bleeping Computer:** [New ZIP domains spark debate among cybersecurity experts](https://www.bleepingcomputer.com/news/security/new-zip-domains-spark-debate-among-cybersecurity-experts/)
- **Red Canary:** [Broken zippers: Detecting deception with Google's new ZIP domains](https://redcanary.com/blog/threat-detection/google-zip-domains/)
- **Kaspersky:** [Beware the .zip and .mov domains!](https://usa.kaspersky.com/blog/zip-mov-domain-extension-confusion/28351/)
- **Palo Alto Networks:** [New Top Level Domains .zip and .mov open the door for new attacks](https://knowledgebase.paloaltonetworks.com/KCSArticleDetail?id=kA14u000000g1wOCAQ)
- **Google, twenty years ago:** ["Don't be evil"](https://web.archive.org/web/20050204181615/http://investor.google.com/conduct.html)