jarv.is/app/zip/page.mdx

import PageTitle from "@/components/layout/page-title"; import Comments from "@/components/comments"; 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 🖕

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This reaction seems a little extreme?

A little-known monopolistic internet conglomorate simply unleashed multiple TLDs with coincidentally matching binary file extentions onto the web and then abruptly exited the consumer domain registrar business, what's the big deal?

• Bobby Rauch: The Dangers of Google's .zip TLD
• Fortinet: Threat Actors Add .zip Domains to Their Phishing Arsenals
• Cisco Talos: .Zip top-level domains draw potential for information leaks
• Ars Technica: Google pushes .zip and .mov domains onto the Internet, and the Internet pushes back
• Malwarebytes: Zip domains, a bad idea nobody asked for
• Wired: The Real Risks in Google's New .Zip and .Mov Domains
• Netcraft: Phishing attacks already using the .zip TLD
• Bleeping Computer: New ZIP domains spark debate among cybersecurity experts
• Red Canary: Broken zippers: Detecting deception with Google's new ZIP domains
• Kaspersky: Beware the .zip and .mov domains!
• Palo Alto Networks: New Top Level Domains .zip and .mov open the door for new attacks
• Google, twenty years ago: "Don't be evil"

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