> ...or to be otherwise officially recognized by a U.S. state or federal government agency
Why is it a bad idea to require recognition before handing out an .edu domain? As stated earlier people implicitly trust those domains and emails coming from them, and it would be downright dangerous to let untrustworthy nations hand them out to anyone.
It isn't a bad idea to require recognition, but it is a bad idea to cede control of the process of recognition of academic institutions for .edu domains to the government administration of a single nation as there is far too much potential for a conflict of interest.
Also, although there are many places a hell of a lot worse, the US is not generally thought to be the worlds most trustworthy nation, if the argument is about the potential for political corruption or interference.
I just think it makes a lot more sense for .edu to be managed by one of the established international academic NGOs.
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> ...or to be otherwise officially recognized by a U.S. state or federal government agency
Why is it a bad idea to require recognition before handing out an .edu domain? As stated earlier people implicitly trust those domains and emails coming from them, and it would be downright dangerous to let untrustworthy nations hand them out to anyone.
It isn't a bad idea to require recognition, but it is a bad idea to cede control of the process of recognition of academic institutions for .edu domains to the government administration of a single nation as there is far too much potential for a conflict of interest.
Also, although there are many places a hell of a lot worse, the US is not generally thought to be the worlds most trustworthy nation, if the argument is about the potential for political corruption or interference.
I just think it makes a lot more sense for .edu to be managed by one of the established international academic NGOs.