ICANN approved deleting the entire third level of .name, and the security consequence is inherited email.

Verisign proposed destroying xxx.yyy.name in April, ICANN approved July 28, and the domains disappear in February 2027. About 22,000 holders lose registrations, some paid through 2040. Neil Fraser, who registered neil.fraser.name nearly 25 years ago, took the HN front page at 1,924 points. Once second-level names like fraser.name become registrable, whoever buys one inherits the ability to hijack email addresses, account recovery flows and IoT devices bound to the deleted third-level names. Neil Fraser