⚠️ Low-priority because this is basically verification by CSS: a malicious actor could very easiily set up an instance that has a page looking like it is verified.
Mastodon offers the possibility to "verify" accounts by adding a rel=attribute to any link that points to the Mastodon account linking back to it, and give it the value: me
⚠️ Low-priority because this is basically verification by CSS: a malicious actor could very easiily set up an instance that has a page looking like it is verified.
Mastodon offers the possibility to "verify" accounts by adding a
rel=attribute to any link that points to the Mastodon account linking back to it, and give it the value:meexample:
<a rel="me noopener" href="https://toot.community/@dyne">Mastodon</a>this is how a "normal" link looks:
this is how a "verified" link looks: