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If the domain has ever been used for anything, there are serious security reasons to never reuse it.

For example, imagine your recovery email address for something important is bob@something.gb. If 'gb' is ever reassigned to someone else, they can now get access to anything ever registered at a gb address.

This is the reason things like gmail accounts are never recycled to another user. Early services like hotmail would recycle accounts, but it has since become an 'obviously bad idea'.



The post does say that only one domain has ever been registered and it's been defunct for decades. The risk is probably zero.




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