Hacker News with Generative AI: Fediverse

Pixelfed leaks private posts from other Fediverse instances (fokus.cool)
Due to an implementation mistake, Pixelfed ignores this and allows anyone to follow even private accounts on other servers. When a legitimate user from a Pixelfed instance follows you on your locked fediverse account, anyone on that Pixelfed instance can read your private posts. You don’t need to be a Pixelfed user to be affected.

Privacy, Security, Social Media, Open Source, Fediverse

52 points by pierremenard 3 days ago | 25 comments

Ghost connects its newsletters to the open web (theverge.com)
Newsletter platform Ghost switched on its fediverse connectivity this week, allowing bloggers to share their works across the various social platforms that support the open ActivityPub protocol.

Open Source, Social Media, Newsletters, Blogging, Fediverse

4 points by ZacnyLos 14 days ago | 0 comments

Show HN: Slon – A Mastodon-compatible Fediverse server for TempleOS (github.com/slon-project)
Slon is developed to run from a standard TempleOS installation, or directly from the live CD.

Fediverse, Open Source, Operating Systems, Social Media, TempleOS

5 points by alec3660 31 days ago | 1 comments

NodeBB v4.0.0 brings federation between NodeBB instances and the wider Fediverse (nodebb.org)

NodeBB, Open Source, Community, Federation, Fediverse

8 points by Vinnl 72 days ago | 0 comments

Thoughts on having SSH allow password authentication from the Internet (utoronto.ca)
On the Fediverse, I recently saw a poll about whether people left SSH generally accessible on its normal port or if they moved it; one of the replies was that the person left SSH on the normal port but disallowed password based authentication and only allowed public key authentication. This almost led to me posting a hot take, but then I decided that things were a bit more nuanced than my first reaction.

Security, SSH, Networking, Fediverse

49 points by zdw 75 days ago | 66 comments

Loops – A Fediverse TikTok Alternative (loops.video)
Loops is a short video sharing platform.

Social Media, Video Sharing, Short-Form Video, TikTok, Fediverse

11 points by mikae1 77 days ago | 2 comments

Ada's dependent types, and its types as a whole (nytpu.com)
So I like to joke occasionally on the Fediverse that when looking at Wikipedia's list of programming languages supporting dependent types:

Programming Languages, Dependent Types, Types, Fediverse, Wikipedia

256 points by nytpu 96 days ago | 139 comments

Fortifying the Fediverse: Decentralised Trust and Safety 2024 (iftas.org)
As 2024 comes to a close, it’s a fitting moment to reflect on a year of collaboration and innovation in trust and safety within the decentralised social web.

Fediverse

9 points by jazmichaelking 100 days ago | 0 comments

The long (after)life of some of our old fileserver hardware (utoronto.ca)
Over on the Fediverse, I mentioned that we were still running a machine in production that was old enough that its BMC required Java for its KVM-over-IP functionality (and I've given up on working with it, rather than try to maintain a Java environment that could actually work with it). Naturally there's a story here.

Hardware, Legacy Systems, Server Administration, Technology, Fediverse

48 points by rbanffy 108 days ago | 22 comments

Coordinated Community Response Mitigates Fediverse Spam Attack (iftas.org)
On October 8, 2024, an IFTAS Connect member observed one of the first spam posts from a network attack conducted by what appeared to be a reuse of the same “nuke” script we saw earlier this year in February, a simple but effective tool to create new accounts in bulk, and use those new accounts to deliver unsolicited messages in an infinite loop.

Cybersecurity, Fediverse, Spam, Community Response

42 points by jazmichaelking 150 days ago | 3 comments

Fediverse and Browsers (github.com/w3c-fedid)
These are some personal notes I took from a session at IIW and a few exploratory designs that occurred to me while meeting folks there.

Fediverse, Web Development, Social Media, Design

5 points by sgoto 151 days ago | 0 comments

A TikTok alternative called Loops is coming for the Fediverse (theverge.com)
The fediverse answer to TikTok is on its way. Signups opened this week for Loops, a short-form looping video app from the creator of Instagram alternative Pixelfed, reports TechCrunch.

Social Media, Short-Form Video, Fediverse

9 points by mostcallmeyt 157 days ago | 7 comments

Mozilla exits the Fediverse and will shutter its Mastodon server in December (techcrunch.com)
Mozilla is exiting the fediverse. Though the concept of the open social web, also known as the fediverse, has been picking up momentum ever since Meta last year introduced its first-ever federated app, Instagram Threads, Firefox maker Mozilla on Tuesday announced it would be ending its experiment in running a server on the fediverse.

Social Media, Open Source, Fediverse, Mozilla, Technology

159 points by rglullis 197 days ago | 118 comments

A browser for debugging ActivityPub and the Fediverse (browser.pub)

Fediverse, ActivityPub, Web Development, Debugging, Browsers

17 points by tbeseda 220 days ago | 0 comments

Flipboard Users Can Now Follow Anyone in the Fediverse (wedistribute.org)

Social Media, Decentralized Networks, Fediverse

25 points by ZacnyLos 232 days ago | 2 comments

Mastodon rolls out built-in bylines for journalists in the Fediverse (theverge.com)

Journalism, Social Media, Mastodon, Fediverse

10 points by 8organicbits 274 days ago | 0 comments

Call to Action: Fediverse Media Server (fedipress.au)