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Nordnick 🐘<p>Wie föderiert <a href="https://mammuthus.de/tags/mastodon" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#<span>Mastodon</span></a> eigentlich die Information über einen verifizierten Link?</p><p>Über die <a href="https://mammuthus.de/tags/client" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#<span>Client</span></a>-<a href="https://mammuthus.de/tags/api" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#<span>API</span></a> liefert <a href="https://mammuthus.de/tags/mastodon" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#<span>Mastodon</span></a> im [fields]-Array neben [name] und [value] ein [verified_at], was <i>null</i> sein kann... oder einen TimeStamp enthält, z.B. "2019-11-10T10:31:10.744+00:00".</p><p>Frage ich aber einen Account direkt über seine URL ab und frage nach JSON, erhalte ich eine Struktur, wo dieses [verified_at] offenbar nicht enthalten ist.</p><p>Für die Felder (Name/Wert-Paare) ist ein [attachment]-Array enthalten. Diese liefert Felder wie [type] ("PropertyValue") sowie [name] und [value].</p><p>Und damit sind wir wieder bei meiner einleitenden Frage...</p><p><a href="https://mammuthus.de/tags/fediverse" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#<span>Fediverse</span></a> <a href="https://mammuthus.de/tags/activitypub" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#<span>ActivityPub</span></a> <a href="https://mammuthus.de/tags/verify" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#<span>Verify</span></a> <a href="https://mammuthus.de/tags/verified" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#<span>Verified</span></a></p>
Ami<p>The <a href="https://mastodon.world/tags/socialmediaban" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#<span>socialmediaban</span></a> for u16's in <a href="https://mastodon.world/tags/australia" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#<span>australia</span></a> will just turn into another google data point.</p><p>If you <a href="https://mastodon.world/tags/verify" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#<span>verify</span></a> for youtube, you give goolag a biometric identifier or ID. That will be linked to your device which is interrogated on every <a href="https://mastodon.world/tags/recaptcha" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#<span>recaptcha</span></a> "protected" website, which is most of the net.</p><p>I can randomise many data points, I can't randomise biometrics!</p><p>No more youtube for me then.<br>Get f'ed <a href="https://mastodon.world/tags/ausgov" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#<span>ausgov</span></a> </p><p><a href="https://www.npr.org/2024/12/19/nx-s1-5231020/australia-top-regulator-kids-social-media-ban" rel="nofollow noopener" translate="no" target="_blank"><span class="invisible">https://www.</span><span class="ellipsis">npr.org/2024/12/19/nx-s1-52310</span><span class="invisible">20/australia-top-regulator-kids-social-media-ban</span></a></p>
Mark<p><a href="https://mastodon.scot/tags/FactCheck" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#<span>FactCheck</span></a>: Old war <a href="https://mastodon.scot/tags/videos" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#<span>videos</span></a> recycled as <a href="https://mastodon.scot/tags/FakeNews" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#<span>FakeNews</span></a></p><p>Many viral videos claiming to show <a href="https://mastodon.scot/tags/Israeli" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#<span>Israeli</span></a> and <a href="https://mastodon.scot/tags/Iranian" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#<span>Iranian</span></a> bombings are <a href="https://mastodon.scot/tags/fake" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#<span>fake</span></a> and include <a href="https://mastodon.scot/tags/AI" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#<span>AI</span></a>-generated clips as well as 2003 Iraq war footage.</p><p>Learn how to spot <a href="https://mastodon.scot/tags/disinformation" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#<span>disinformation</span></a> and <a href="https://mastodon.scot/tags/verify" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#<span>verify</span></a> <a href="https://mastodon.scot/tags/content" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#<span>content</span></a> yourself.</p><p><a href="https://www.dw.com/en/fact-check-ai-chatbot-grok-wrongly-identifies-old-iraq-footage-as-2025-iran-israel-conflict/a-72950293" rel="nofollow noopener" translate="no" target="_blank"><span class="invisible">https://www.</span><span class="ellipsis">dw.com/en/fact-check-ai-chatbo</span><span class="invisible">t-grok-wrongly-identifies-old-iraq-footage-as-2025-iran-israel-conflict/a-72950293</span></a></p><p><a href="https://mastodon.scot/tags/AI" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#<span>AI</span></a> <a href="https://mastodon.scot/tags/FakeVideo" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#<span>FakeVideo</span></a> <a href="https://mastodon.scot/tags/video" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#<span>video</span></a> <a href="https://mastodon.scot/tags/photos" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#<span>photos</span></a> <a href="https://mastodon.scot/tags/News" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#<span>News</span></a> <a href="https://mastodon.scot/tags/SocialMedia" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#<span>SocialMedia</span></a> <a href="https://mastodon.scot/tags/AI" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#<span>AI</span></a></p>
Amateur Human<p><a href="https://mastodon.scot/tags/Linkedin" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#<span>Linkedin</span></a> telling me to <a href="https://mastodon.scot/tags/verify" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#<span>verify</span></a> 'cos someone might be pretending to be me</p><p>can't stop laughing just at the thought that anyone would want to pass themselves off as me on linkedin of all places</p>
h o ʍ l e t t<p><a href="https://mamot.fr/tags/Google" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#<span>Google</span></a> scrambles to manually remove weird <a href="https://mamot.fr/tags/AI" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#<span>AI</span></a> answers in <a href="https://mamot.fr/tags/search" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#<span>search</span></a><br><a href="https://www.theverge.com/2024/5/24/24164119/google-ai-overview-mistakes-search-race-openai" rel="nofollow noopener" translate="no" target="_blank"><span class="invisible">https://www.</span><span class="ellipsis">theverge.com/2024/5/24/2416411</span><span class="invisible">9/google-ai-overview-mistakes-search-race-openai</span></a><br>Rule #1: Use AI/LLM solutions only when you can <a href="https://mamot.fr/tags/verify" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#<span>verify</span></a> or <a href="https://mamot.fr/tags/evaluate" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#<span>evaluate</span></a> the outputs by yourself or through other reliable methods.</p>
Thijs Kromhout<p>A reminder to keep on checking what you download from where ⬇️ </p><p><a href="https://www.bleepingcomputer.com/news/security/cybercriminals-pose-as-helpful-stack-overflow-users-to-push-malware/" rel="nofollow noopener" translate="no" target="_blank"><span class="invisible">https://www.</span><span class="ellipsis">bleepingcomputer.com/news/secu</span><span class="invisible">rity/cybercriminals-pose-as-helpful-stack-overflow-users-to-push-malware/</span></a></p><p><a href="https://infosec.exchange/tags/malware" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#<span>malware</span></a> <a href="https://infosec.exchange/tags/stackoverflow" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#<span>stackoverflow</span></a> <a href="https://infosec.exchange/tags/check" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#<span>check</span></a> <a href="https://infosec.exchange/tags/verify" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#<span>verify</span></a></p>
Nonilex<p>Hold the phone — Joshua <a href="https://masto.ai/tags/Steinglass" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#<span>Steinglass</span></a>, a prosecutor, says the prosecution will seek to bring back a witness who works at <a href="https://masto.ai/tags/CSPAN" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#<span>CSPAN</span></a> &amp; testified earlier, so that he can <a href="https://masto.ai/tags/verify" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#<span>verify</span></a> the stills.</p><p><a href="https://masto.ai/tags/Merchan" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#<span>Merchan</span></a> asks when the witness, who does not live in NYC, could return.</p><p><a href="https://masto.ai/tags/Blanche" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#<span>Blanche</span></a>, who normally tries to slow things down to delay &amp; draw out the trial, complains that prosecutors are doing just that w/their effort to recall this witness. He says it’s “patently unfair.”</p><p><a href="https://masto.ai/tags/criminal" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#<span>criminal</span></a> <a href="https://masto.ai/tags/law" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#<span>law</span></a> <a href="https://masto.ai/tags/TrumpTrial" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#<span>TrumpTrial</span></a> <a href="https://masto.ai/tags/CatchAndKill" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#<span>CatchAndKill</span></a></p>
☮ ♥ ♬ 🧑‍💻<p>Please verify you are a human. <br><a href="https://ioc.exchange/tags/computers" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#<span>computers</span></a> / <a href="https://ioc.exchange/tags/verify" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#<span>verify</span></a> / <a href="https://ioc.exchange/tags/human" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#<span>human</span></a></p>
Tim Gent<p>I don't know if this is enough (probably not), and I'm sure there will be failures. But you've got to hand it to the BBC for leading the way on verifying content. We will need more and more of this in the years to come. <a href="https://www.bbc.co.uk/news/av/world-68474465" rel="nofollow noopener" translate="no" target="_blank"><span class="invisible">https://www.</span><span class="ellipsis">bbc.co.uk/news/av/world-684744</span><span class="invisible">65</span></a><br><a href="https://mastodonapp.uk/tags/Verify" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#<span>Verify</span></a> <a href="https://mastodonapp.uk/tags/BBC" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#<span>BBC</span></a> <a href="https://mastodonapp.uk/tags/InformEducateDontMislead" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#<span>InformEducateDontMislead</span></a></p>
Kathy E. Gill 🇺🇦<p>1. Search feature is <a href="https://mastodon.social/tags/hashtag" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#<span>hashtag</span></a> based, so use them liberally)</p><p>2. Per <span class="h-card" translate="no"><a href="https://mastodon.social/@mmasnick" class="u-url mention" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">@<span>mmasnick</span></a></span>, the <a href="https://mastodon.social/tags/lists" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#<span>lists</span></a> feature here works well.</p><p>3. You can <a href="https://mastodon.social/tags/verify" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#<span>verify</span></a> yourself if you have access to the source code on your blog/website/etc. Details in account settings. <a href="https://mastodon.social/tags/verification" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#<span>verification</span></a></p><p>4. Make sure your server is federated if you don't want to be an island. counter.social is an island, FWIW. (Learned that the hard way.)<br>First up &gt;</p>