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Is impersonation a possible problem in the fediverse?
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this post was submitted on 05 Jul 2023
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Some other projects in the fediverse have a verification mechanism in place.
I personally like Mastodon's: if you add on your profile a link to a webpage that itself links to your profile, Mastodon will show a green checkmark next to the link: https://joinmastodon.org/verification
So you can verify your profile by linking to a webpage you own or testifies your account's authenticity (ie. your blog, your author page of the publication your write for, etc.)
Hopefully other projects (including Lemmy) will take inspiration from this process to limit impersonations.