Mastodon EngineeringAug 8, 2023

The first beta of #Mastodon 4.2.0 is now available for testing! There are too many improvements to count. See the extensive changelog and upgrade instructions here:

https://github.com/mastodon/mastodon/releases/tag/v4.2.0-beta1

Release v4.2.0-beta1 路 mastodon/mastodon

鈿狅笍 This is a beta release! This is primarily aimed at server administrators who are willing to report issues, and may be less reliable than stable releases, although it is still tested on mastodon....

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Show threadMichael Downey 馃БAug 8, 2023

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Coming soon in #Mastodon v4.2.0:

馃憖 3rd-party JavaScript spyware loaded without users' consent.

#MastoAdmin #privacy #SurveillanceCapitalism

https://github.com/mastodon/mastodon/pull/25019

Add optional hCaptcha support by ClearlyClaire 路 Pull Request #25019 路 mastodon/mastodon

Add optional hCaptcha support based on glitch-soc#1665 and glitch-soc#1667, largely rewriting prior work at glitch-soc#1323 Whenever the environment variables HCAPTCHA_SECRET_KEY and HCAPTCHA_SITE_...

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Show threadNordnick 馃寪
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Looks like this is a privacy issue and it may not even be legal... right?
Aug 8, 2023 at 3:21pmWeb
Show threadMichael Downey 馃БAug 8, 2023

@nick

Well the devs aren't known for pausing anything to deal with objections or concerns ... so, screw the privacy rights violations for users and legal problems for admins!

Show threadNordnick 馃寪Aug 8, 2023
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Sad... :-(