tante2d ago
Does anyone know if a Mastodon server can block client applications based on their name?
Show threadThomas Cloer2d ago

@tante ChatGPT sez:

"Blocking purely by name is inherently weak because:

* Client names and User-Agents are self-declared and easily spoofed
* A malicious client can just rename itself"

(taken from a much longer answer)

Show threadtante2d ago
@teezeh Sure but when people start messing with their user agents you can consider them explicitly malicious actors.
(you could maybe have come up with that simple fact without using a fascist slop machine)
Show threadThomas Cloer
@tante Sorry, no offense.
Mar 25 at 3:18pmWeb