alt Hacker NewsThere are some gTLDs like .bank which require a high level of verification. The applicant has to be a financial institution etc.
The problem is twofold. I've never seen a .bank domain in the wild and users generally don't looks at the TLD.
Would people be fooled by "bank.uk-natwset.com"? Probably.
I agree with you that this is definitely in be careful what you wish for territory.
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elcritch • today at 1:35 PM
The UX of DNS would need to be swapped with the gTLD going first.
Perhaps more practical would be browsers noting the gTLD as an important piece of information. Perhaps a “Bank” tag for .bank urls.
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All good thoughts, thanks for the response!
Maybe the solution is in the offline world. A government funded public service announcement of tv/radio/print/busstop ads saying stuff like "never do government stuff not on .gov, never do banking stuff not on .bank". I think that would be highly effective for the sort of people who need the protection here.
It would obviously require banks and gov departments to get their ducks in a row first which is a whole other problem in itself, but it might still turn out to be an economically viable improvement.