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.

  • @linearchaosEnglish
    2•11 months ago

    They are assuming that the developers are in on it, you’re assuming the developers are not in on it.

    Realistically, big breaking changes are a source of serious pain for open networks like these. They’re not going to be compelled to fix it until it’s an active problem when there are a lot bigger problems sitting around that are easier to fix.

    • @[email protected]
      2•11 months ago

      Thank you for explaining it, I think you’re right. Not sure why they wouldn’t explain it to me, I can’t read minds and that’s an interesting conversation.

      They’re not going to be compelled to fix it until it’s an active problem when there are a lot bigger problems sitting around that are easier to fix.

      Which is even more reason for all the big instances to not federate, but it’s their choice. All these smaller instance, weekend hobbyists are going to feel the pain. At least meta says they’re going to integrate slowly. We’ll see.

      • @linearchaosEnglish
        1•11 months ago

        Don’t worry, it’ll sort itself out when it becomes truly painful.