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Authorized Fetch Circumvented by Alt-Right Developers (wedistribute.org)
submitted 1 year ago by deadsuperhero@lemmy.world to c/fediverse@lemmy.world
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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.

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[-] ttmrichter@lemmy.world -1 points 1 year ago

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

[-] Natanael@slrpnk.net 5 points 1 year ago

And now we're dealing with key management instead

[-] ttmrichter@lemmy.world 2 points 1 year ago

You always need key management if you have decentralized authentication.

[-] ttmrichter@lemmy.world 0 points 1 year ago

You always need key management if you have decentralized authentication.

this post was submitted on 26 Dec 2023
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