Unlike BlueSky, the fediverse offers tools for account verification that are *not* controlled by a single corporation, and has for years;

https://stefanbohacek.com/blog/verification-in-the-fediverse/

#BlueSky #verification #AccountVerification

#TIL there is an account on mastodon.social claiming to be the official account of;

https://www.japantimes.co.jp/

If @thejapantimes is an official account, you might want to verify your links;

https://opensource.com/article/22/11/verified-mastodon-website

#FediTips #NewsMedia #journalism #AccountVerification #Japam

I wonder if it's possible to implement public-key signing for posts within ActivityPub, it could be a good verification solution for those who really need it. Maybe it's already in the spec?

#Mastodon #ActivityPub #Fediverse #Cryptography #PublicKeyCryptography #AsymmetricCryptography #GnuPG #PGP #Verification #AccountVerification #DigitalIdentity #CyberSecurity #InfoSec