> Unfortunately we now live in a world where control of DNS is proof of ownership.
We have never lived in a world where "control" of the Domain Name System was not equivalent to control of the domain name.
We have never lived in a world where "control" of the Domain Name System was not equivalent to control of the domain name.
Let's face it, being able to serve content on a website at all is enough to prove you own it these days.
Google apps verification only asks the nameservers designated by the registrar for the domain.