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

@MastodonEngineering

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 threadlalalala sombraAug 8, 2023

@downey @MastodonEngineering I thought hCaptcha was the good one. Disappointing.

Adblockers will always be a necessity.

Show threadRobin Syl 馃尭 
@lasombra @downey @MastodonEngineering it's made by the Brave guy so it can't be that good
Aug 9, 2023 at 11:37amWeb
Show threadlalalala sombraAug 9, 2023
@robinsyl @downey @MastodonEngineering Ah. That helps explain it a bit. Bummer.