Los Angeles22,000 people lose their internet addresses in February.
Every email, login and citation tied to that domain stops working.
ICANN approved retirement of the tier in July, following Verisign’s April proposal.
Whoever registers the vacated names next could hijack accounts still tied to the old address.
How each outlet framed it
- Hacker News leans critical
- criticizes ICANN's destruction of stable 3rd-level .name infrastructure, distinguishing it from sketchy reseller domains
Sources: Hacker News