WARNING: Phishing Attacks, HTML markup to hide urls, are now in Mastodon.
While Mastodon does not have markup to allow hiding urls, they share API with "friendica" and friendica ALLOW HIDING URLS.
And friendica accounts can post on Mastodon.
I have asked for a solution, none is forthcoming.
Click NO LINKS that come friendica. Be wary of links on Mastodon, as if Mastodon were "email" - without any protections.
Multiple reports of other fediverse branches allow hiding urls. No Clicking links
Do you mean an image? An image of the resukting site doesnt expand the url. Show the url directly in the post. If a url is hidden, reveal it auromatically in plain text in the post, as the standard, as other software can do. As exampke it would display
"GO HERE" [ abcnews.com/perfectlynormal.html ]
Which is what 'glitch' (app version of mastodon) does?
Shows an image or reveals the hidden url automatically as plain text?
@kevinrns shows the URL for an <a>
Regardless, this isn’t exactly a new addition to the web
Yes phishing (phishing and hidden urls are good search terms) has been around for ages.
Imagine the fun if hashtags are included in the hidden part
Like if this want the hashtage for #climate but was i stead a hidden url. How many slow the click to check if a hashtag is a hidden url.
And now add editing to hidden urls.
Safety is ignored, power conglomerates have been taken down by phishing. School districts, hospitals. I would advise no one to access #Mastodon from a security needing computer. No hospital, school, business or utilities for now
#MastodonSecurity is an afterthought. #meta
Kevin Russell
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