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   feld (feld@friedcheese.us)'s status on Wednesday, 09-Oct-2024 06:01:14 JST feld

   • Baloo Uriza
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   @BalooUriza @electrickeet there doesn't seem to be any software at the moment that will let you move users between the different server implementations cleanly
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     feld (feld@friedcheese.us)'s status on Wednesday, 09-Oct-2024 10:06:51 JST feld

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     • cy
     @cy They have to add the new account name in the user account settings or the Move is ignored AIUI
     
     I haven't looked at this code closely but I'll check it, it's worth a quick audit
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     cy (cy@fedicy.us.to)'s status on Wednesday, 09-Oct-2024 10:06:53 JST cy

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     • cy
     Maybe a better question is when my server gets notified that someone I'm following has a new account, how can it tell whether that's someone trying to steal that guy's followers?
     
     Assume the original server is either uncooperative or unresponsive.
     
     CC: @feld@friedcheese.us
     
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     cy (cy@fedicy.us.to)'s status on Wednesday, 09-Oct-2024 10:07:03 JST cy

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     In theory, how would I tell whether it's a user moving to my server, or someone trying to use my server to impersonate that user?
     
     Assume the original server is either uncooperative or unresponsive.
     
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     cy (cy@fedicy.us.to)'s status on Wednesday, 09-Oct-2024 10:42:16 JST cy

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     Right, so everyone who moves because their server got instance blocked, or because they got banned, or because their server died... are fresh out of luck. Just have to manually ask everyone to manually refollow them again. Assuming they saved their followers list.
     
     Funny thing about SMTP though, is this fancy new tech called PGP...
     
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     feld (feld@friedcheese.us)'s status on Wednesday, 09-Oct-2024 10:42:16 JST feld

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     • cy
     @cy Check out Delta Chat, it's really great