#fediblock #mastinator
A site called Mastinator (https://mastinator.com) has started aggregating and republishing toots without permission. It creates accounts with your handle and follows you to get your toots (e.g., @aral@mastinator.com, which, just to make clear, is not me).
Cheers for the extra info! I’ll take a deeper look, I’ve written a quick summary from what I could put together so far, but it’s definitely worth a deeper exploration of! It’s a little concerning in general - even if the folks claim it’s harmless.
I’m not across the technical side unfortunately. I’m guessing it’s related to this https://chaos.social/@rixx/109562426307905853
Might be worth talking to Aral about it? Maybe even see if he wants to do an interview :)
Cheers for the extra info! I’ll take a deeper look, I’ve written a quick summary from what I could put together so far, but it’s definitely worth a deeper exploration of! It’s a little concerning in general - even if the folks claim it’s harmless.