Kevin RussellJul 6, 2023

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

Show threadMark Andrew
@kevinrns I'm also not sure why you'd single-out frendica, since Wordpress can do thist too.
Jul 7, 2023 at 1:18pmWeb
Show threadKevin RussellJul 7, 2023

@spraoi

Mastodon must automatically reveal hidden urls, in plain text, beside the hidden url.

as is security sensible, as is done elsewhere.

Mastodon is 13 mikllion randios, on ten thousan rando servers. No idea who any are, its email squared.

Do not click links on mastodon, like you dont click links in email