ban domains distributed by freenom

PATSATDAT

freenom replaces sites with inappropriate advertisements and inappropriate content to the websites it gives you proof

here are some other reasons they should be banned

read this before you no support:

potatophant wrote:
support. it isn't just one website, the company that hands out .tk domains, freenom, gives them away for free and will, with no notice, redirect them to strange places and sites very unsuitable for scratch. this once happened to a popular scratch site (that i can't name for obvious reasons).

Last edited by PATSATDAT (Jan. 3, 2022 13:35:10)

reallysoftuser

Why would we need to ban an entire top level domain because of one inappropriate site

PATSATDAT

reallysoftuser wrote:
Why would we need to ban an entire top level domain because of one inappropriate site

sorry, wrong wording

Freenom gives .tk domains and freenom is a scam that replaces websites with inappropriate ads

EDIT: ummmmm

Last edited by PATSATDAT (Oct. 22, 2021 13:25:46)

Vanilla2011

.tk is the domain of Tokelau, a territory and island of New Zealand. What if, say, a Tokelau islander decided to create a website with the .tk domain? Would that harmless website get banned from Scratch? Also I've never ever seen a .tlk domain link on Scratch before. No support.

Edit: ninja'd

Last edited by Vanilla2011 (Oct. 22, 2021 13:28:16)

PATSATDAT

Vanilla2011 wrote:
.tk is the domain of Tokelau, a territory and island of New Zealand. What if, say, a Tokelau islander decided to create a website with the .tk domain? Would that harmless website get banned from Scratch? Also I've never ever seen a .tlk domain link on Scratch before. No support.

Edit: ninja'd

if it's an island than there won't be a lot of people on it so the harmless websites can be whitelisted

dertermenter

.tk domains shouldn't be banned because of 1 website. However, that website should be banned as I don't really want little Timmy getting scammed on scratch anytime soon.

StillTalksInBlocks

PATSATDAT wrote:
Vanilla2011 wrote:
.tk is the domain of Tokelau, a territory and island of New Zealand. What if, say, a Tokelau islander decided to create a website with the .tk domain? Would that harmless website get banned from Scratch? Also I've never ever seen a .tlk domain link on Scratch before. No support.

Edit: ninja'd
if it's an island than there won't be a lot of people on it so the harmless websites can be whitelisted

The population of New Zealand is five million. Tokelau is around 1,411. ::motion
.tk domains are mostly used by people who can't afford the monthly price for other top level domains. ::motion
You are essentially asking, as soft said, to ban an entire domain range because of one irrelevant scam host. ::motion
No support. Report the site to Google and report it if you see on the Scratch site. ::motion cap

PATSATDAT

this is why they should be banned

Zelfen

StillTalksInBlocks wrote:

The population of New Zealand is five million. Tokelau is around 1,411. ::motion
.tk domains are mostly used by people who can't afford the monthly price for other top level domains. ::motion
You are essentially asking, as soft said, to ban an entire domain range because of one irrelevant scam host. ::motion
No support. Report the site to Google and report it if you see on the Scratch site. ::motion cap

why do these accounts exist

they're not cool and just annoying

also, no support, it's highly unlikely someone will send a link to a scam site here, i've only seen it happen once

Last edited by Zelfen (Oct. 24, 2021 11:11:38)

StillTalksInBlocks

Zelfen wrote:

StillTalksInBlocks wrote:

The population of New Zealand is five million. Tokelau is around 1,411. ::motion
.tk domains are mostly used by people who can't afford the monthly price for other top level domains. ::motion
You are essentially asking, as soft said, to ban an entire domain range because of one irrelevant scam host. ::motion
No support. Report the site to Google and report it if you see on the Scratch site. ::motion cap

why do these accounts exist

they're not cool and just annoying

TurtleLegos

Zelfen wrote:
why do these accounts exist

they're not cool and just annoying

Keep it cool
No support, if we were using the logic of supporters, we'd have to ban SCRATCH because there are inappropriate projects here.

PATSATDAT

TurtleLegos wrote:
Zelfen wrote:
why do these accounts exist

they're not cool and just annoying
Keep it cool
No support, if we were using the logic of supporters, we'd have to ban SCRATCH because there are inappropriate projects here.

except 21.5% of phishing attacks were .tk domains in the second half of 2010 internet-wide

Yellowsheep43

PATSATDAT wrote:
except 21.5% of phishing attacks were .tk domains in the second half of 2010 internet-wide

Ok, but that was 10 years ago. What are the statistics of a more relevant year, say 2020?

DangerousDawn

PATSATDAT wrote:
this is why they should be banned

Again, just report the site to google and/or report it if you see it on the Scratch website.

SaitamaGTOPM

Yellowsheep43 wrote:
Yeah, let's just ban youtube links because some of the videos are inappropriate
Please do not start another chain of this. We don't need to emphasize a single point too much.

lol this is so derail

TurtleLegos

SaitamaGTOPM wrote:
Yellowsheep43 wrote:
Yeah, let's just ban youtube links because some of the videos are inappropriate
Please do not start another chain of this. We don't need to emphasize a single point too much.

lol this is so derail

It's an example.

TheCyanGamer_YT

PATSATDAT wrote:
TurtleLegos wrote:
Zelfen wrote:
why do these accounts exist

they're not cool and just annoying
Keep it cool
No support, if we were using the logic of supporters, we'd have to ban SCRATCH because there are inappropriate projects here.
except 21.5% of phishing attacks were .tk domains in the second half of 2010 internet-wide

usually i dont join in wiki posts. but i just think this is ridiculous

PATSATDAT

Yellowsheep43 wrote:
PATSATDAT wrote:
except 21.5% of phishing attacks were .tk domains in the second half of 2010 internet-wide
Ok, but that was 10 years ago. What are the statistics of a more relevant year, say 2020?

3rd most used domain for phishing attacks

EDIT: sorry that's for 2018 let me get one for 2021

Last edited by PATSATDAT (Oct. 26, 2021 05:54:27)

ScratchCatHELLO

comparing this banning youtube for having some inappropriate videos isn’t accurate, this is like banning all .com domains because someone used one maliciously. this seems like overkill.

PATSATDAT wrote:
Vanilla2011 wrote:
.tk is the domain of Tokelau, a territory and island of New Zealand. What if, say, a Tokelau islander decided to create a website with the .tk domain? Would that harmless website get banned from Scratch? Also I've never ever seen a .tlk domain link on Scratch before. No support.

Edit: ninja'd
if it's an island than there won't be a lot of people on it so the harmless websites can be whitelisted

you’re assuming everyone using a .tk domain is either a phisher or from Tokelau. what about people who are using a .tk domain because it’s cheap but have no malicious intentions?

PATSATDAT

ScratchCatHELLO wrote:
PATSATDAT wrote:
Vanilla2011 wrote:
.tk is the domain of Tokelau, a territory and island of New Zealand. What if, say, a Tokelau islander decided to create a website with the .tk domain? Would that harmless website get banned from Scratch? Also I've never ever seen a .tlk domain link on Scratch before. No support.

Edit: ninja'd
if it's an island than there won't be a lot of people on it so the harmless websites can be whitelisted

you’re assuming everyone using a .tk domain is either a phisher or from Tokelau. what about people who are using a .tk domain because it’s cheap but have no malicious intentions?

but freenom that gives .tk domains replaces the websites that it gives you with inappropriate ads once a lot of people use your website

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