A controversial developer circumvented one of Mastodon's primary tools for blocking bad actors, all so that his servers could connect to Threads.

Authorized Fetch (also referred to as Secure Mode in Mastodon) was recently circumvented by a stupidly easy solution: just sign your fetch requests with some other domain name.

  • @ttmrichterEnglish
    -1•1 year ago

    Clear sign every post using a third-party application. Make your public keys known far and wide. Authenticity solved.

    • NatanaelEnglish
      5•1 year ago

      And now we’re dealing with key management instead

      • @ttmrichter
        2•1 year ago

        You always need key management if you have decentralized authentication.

      • @ttmrichter
        0•1 year ago

        You always need key management if you have decentralized authentication.