Hmm, that's new. But how are they appearing there? The (first) Verification-URL of accounts shown on lists of accounts (Follower, Following) directly on Mastodon. First I thought, that's part of the update to 4.1.2. But I see it only on #MastodonSocial, not other instances with the same version. What's going on?

Example: https://mastodon.social/@heiseonline/following
vs.: https://social.heise.de/@heiseonline/following
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Edit: A sign of things to come in a special version on the main instance?
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#GreenCheck #GreenCheckmark #Verification

I really like the green checkmark system in Mastodon, but when relying on them for trust it's important to keep in mind *what* you are trusting:

* The security of the remote site (hacked site could vouch for an attacker)
* The security of the Mastodon instance (same)
* The integrity of the Mastodon instance (a modified version could let the owner disable the remote check)

This is one reason why I like self-owned instances on the account owner's domain.
#security #trust #GreenCheckmark