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==Wildcarding Controversy and Typosquatting==
 
==Wildcarding Controversy and Typosquatting==
In 2006, the .cm Registry set up a [[wild card DNS]] record for all unregistered .cm domains, in partnership with Canadian domain investor Kevin Ham. This arrangement redirected traffic on all unregistered domains to a parking page with pay-per-click ads, agoga.com. Subsequent .CM auctions generated millions of dollars in revenues.  
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In 2006, the .cm Registry set up a [[Wildcarding|wild card DNS]] record for all unregistered .cm domains, in partnership with Canadian domain investor Kevin Ham. This arrangement redirected traffic on all unregistered domains to a parking page with pay-per-click ads, agoga.com. Subsequent .CM auctions generated millions of dollars in revenues.  
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In 2009, McAfee designated .cm as the riskiest namespace with 36.7% of .cm websites posing a security risk to web users.<ref>[https://www.cnet.com/news/mcafee-uncovers-riskiest-domains/ CNET.com - McAfee Uncovers the Riskiest Domains]</ref>  
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In 2009, McAfee designated .cm as the riskiest namespace with 36.7% of .cm websites posing a security risk to web users.<ref>[https://www.cnet.com/news/mcafee-uncovers-riskiest-domains/ CNET.com - McAfee Uncovers the Riskiest Domains]</ref>
    
==Reform and Redelegation Efforts==
 
==Reform and Redelegation Efforts==
Bureaucrats, Check users, lookupuser, Administrators, translator
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