half-aspirationalAug 17, 2018

HEY GUYS:

Adrienne Leigh has a truly excellent and very important run down on the SEVERE AND PERVASIVE PRIVACY ISSUES ON THIS SERVICE. i'm not taking about OPSEC, I'm talking about BASIC PRIVACY SAFETY AND IMPERSONATION ISSUES.

PLEASE READ AND SHARE, Y'ALL

https://twitter.com/adrienneleigh/status/850061121184604160

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β€œSo, Mastodon. Just FYI, if a SINGLE hostile user on a SINGLE malicious instance follows you, all your posts may be kept forever --”

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Show threadKarl Heinz HΓ€sliprinz
@ohtazer There are no proper Sybil-Attack or Astoturfing defenses either. You kind of need to draw your own walls by retreating into other instances. This is not the last time a Mastodon Instance / Fork goes viral...
Aug 17, 2018 at 2:32pmWeb