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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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That's why instance is part of the username. It's no different than email addresses.
Confusing similar domain names are a common thing with email. Micr0soft.com vs Microsoft.com. Same idea could be done with instances.
Setting a display name hides the instance bit. You have to check the URL or profile to see which instance they're on, which people definitely won't do every time. Especially if an impersonator just joins inside a thread mid-conversation, it won't be obvious at all that it's suddenly a different person writing.
Just like emails, when people write something like
”Amazon Gift Cards” <yolo@yolo.com>in theFromfield.His concern is probably that in comments etc. only username is displayed. You have to go to person's profile to discover their instance.
Instance is shown if it's different to the one you're on. I can see your instance is vlemmy.net
Yep, in Jerboa all names are without instance.