Jerry Bell :verified_paw: :donor: :verified_dragon: :rebelverified:​

Jerry Bell :verified_paw: :donor: :verified_dragon: :rebelverified:

@siguza @winload_exe @ipg @Gargron it’s just another instance dedicated to reposting twitter accounts into the fediverse - they seem focused on news outlets. I don’t think they’re particularly problematic and I see that there are several thousand follows on Infosec.exchange of accounts there. I think we all would prefer the BBC to join here in person

Like 13 Apr 2023 at 11:56 | Wall-to-wall | Open on infosec.exchange

5 comments

Rairii

@jerry @siguza @winload_exe @ipg @Gargron it's still using social engineering tricks to make people believe the accounts are somehow official when they're not

13 Apr 2023 at 11:57 | Open on haqueers.com

Emma

@jerry @siguza @winload_exe @Gargron i think there is a clear difference between an innocent mirror and something that is intentionally misleading people into thinking it's associated or official (the "verified" link claims that the person behind the fedi account owns the twitter account, and the use of a verified checkmark - while they don't *mean* anything, it seems fairly sinister to imply something that isn't true)

13 Apr 2023 at 11:58 | Open on wetdry.world

Hughster

@ipg @jerry @siguza @winload_exe @Gargron Agreed—they should be blocked for the false claim of ownership alone. Why would they want to make such false claims just to get followers for a bunch of mirror accounts?

13 Apr 2023 at 16:00 | Open on mastodon.social

smitten

@ipg @jerry @siguza @winload_exe I'm a bit skeptical of the utility of those green checks because it's always a false sense of security to some degree. It just means that one particular server is claiming it's verified. This definitely highlights the flaw.

13 Apr 2023 at 16:04 | Open on snowdin.town

Simon Zerafa :donor: :verified:

@jerry @siguza @winload_exe @ipg @Gargron

Absolutely for all reputable news organisations and businesses. I would love to be able to completely ditch my Twitter account.

They also need to be encouraged to self-verify when they or any business / organisation has an account 🙂

13 Apr 2023 at 12:36 | Open on infosec.exchange