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by unethical_ban 1737 days ago
Yep - used to work at a bank that very aggressively blocked gTLD because they had a (very stupid in this case) security-first mindset. Despite having multiple first-class URL filter products that can detect reputation and site category without needing to bother an analyst or cause a disruption.

SOCs, web filter, email filter teams and vendors all need to catch up to the 2010-era idea that carpet-blocking TLDs is not the first tool to reach for when securing a network, especially when you have a good URL filter in place.