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Mastodon fixes critical “TootRoot” vulnerability allowing node hijacking

reader comments 12 with The maintainers of the open source software that powers the Mastodon social network published a security update on Thursday that patches a critical vulnerability making it possible for hackers to backdoor the servers that push content to individual users. Mastodon is based on a federated model. The federation comprises thousands of… Read More: Mastodon fixes critical “TootRoot” vulnerability allowing node hijacking »

Op-ed: Why the great #TwitterMigration didn’t quite pan out

Enlarge / Let’s look deep within. Aurich Lawson | Getty Images reader comments 268 with I’ve been using fediverse stuff (Mastodon and, most recently, Calckey—I’m just going to use “Mastodon” as shorthand here; purists can bite me) for over a year now and have been doing so full time for about six months, following Elon… Read More: Op-ed: Why the great #TwitterMigration didn’t quite pan out »

How secure a Twitter replacement is Mastodon? Let us count the ways

Getty Images reader comments 92 with 0 posters participating Share this story As Elon Musk critics flee from Twitter, Mastodon seems to be the most common replacement. In the last month, the number of monthly active users on Mastodon has rocketed more than threefold, from about 1 million to 3.5 million, while total number of… Read More: How secure a Twitter replacement is Mastodon? Let us count… »