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Authorized Fetch Circumvented by Alt-Right Developers (wedistribute.org)
submitted 1 year ago by deadsuperhero@lemmy.world to c/fediverse@lemmy.world
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Authorized Fetch (also referred to as Secure Mode in Mastodon) was recently circumvented by a stupidly easy solution: just sign your fetch requests with some other domain name.

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[-] 0x1C3B00DA@kbin.social 4 points 1 year ago

Sure, but that's already solved on the fediverse by using HTTP Signatures and isn't related to Authorized Fetch.

[-] heavy@sh.itjust.works 2 points 1 year ago

I meant to say generally, for folks that might read this comment and think problems surrounding the platform and security are solved.

this post was submitted on 26 Dec 2023
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