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

@kevinrns glitch-soc, a mastodon fork also has the ability to do this

Google.com

Example Domain

@Ember

I want warnings and protections from these silly security noob lapses. Wtf. Wtaf. That fork of mastodon was written by Putin of course, with help by Bannon, the Chinese and Cambridge Analytica

@kevinrns @Ember im sorry what

@SympathyTea @Ember

Hiding urls is entirely and completely a security lapse. Its either a noob failure, or planned breakage.

@kevinrns @Ember im less focused on that
what do you mean by "that fork (glitch-soc) was written by Putin?

@SympathyTea @Ember

That is the explanation for the question.

@kevinrns @Ember glitch-soc also shows the actual domain next to it

@esm @Ember

Ah, that is good practice, and should be Mastodon's

Luci For Tai Chi (@[email protected])

@[email protected] @[email protected] dudebros who think they’re being allies by arguing with fascists and spreading propaganda can get the fuck away from me and stop speaking for me

Queer Party!
@kevinrns @Ember
this reply is literally all you need to know; what the actual fuck