Many people might not know what "top level domains" (TLD) are but they'll recognize them. It's the ".com" in a web address ... or the .ca, .co.uk, .de and so on. The best known ones are the .com/.net/.org followed by the country-based codes. But, in the last year, they've added a bunch more. I've got "stcatharines.technology" ... just because.
Cutting to the quick, they compared disreputable internet traffic with the new extensions and some did not fare very well:
- .zip (100.00%)
- .review (100.00%)
- .country (99.97%)
- .kim (99.74%)
- .cricket (99.57%)
- .science (99.35%)
- .work (98.20%)
- .party (98.07%)
- .gq (97.68%)
- .link (96.98%)
that's not to say that everyone of them is bad but, if you get an email or Facebook posting with one of these.... think twice before clicking.
Full article on Arstechnica.com.