How to block Bluesky from Mastodon:
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@jorgecandeias @FediTips
That's not as obvious as you might think.I think it's been fixed, but there was this issue with bridgy, noticed a few months ago, where a user who was bridged linked to a post of a user who was not bridged and on bsky the bridged "quote" post (this was pre- supported quote posts) pulled the avatar image of the non-bridged person and blew it up then cropped it resulting in a creepy situation caused by a gap in the bridge logic and some quirk in bsky image processing.
@jorgecandeias @FediTips
Had the non-bridged user known this was a possibility they might have chosen to block the bridgy account to reduce the chances of such an occurrence. Not that the onus should have been on them but still, given the occurrence was not intentional it does remind us that defense-in-depth has utility, especially for vulnerable people. -
@jorgecandeias @FediTips
That's not as obvious as you might think.I think it's been fixed, but there was this issue with bridgy, noticed a few months ago, where a user who was bridged linked to a post of a user who was not bridged and on bsky the bridged "quote" post (this was pre- supported quote posts) pulled the avatar image of the non-bridged person and blew it up then cropped it resulting in a creepy situation caused by a gap in the bridge logic and some quirk in bsky image processing.
@virtuous_sloth @FediTips Yes, I know about that. But it was a bug, not a feature. Bugs happen. And it's been fixed.
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How to block Bluesky from Mastodon:
1. Go to the profile page of the account Bridgy Fed for Bluesky
2. Click ⋯
3. Click "Block Domain" to stop seeing Bluesky accounts
4. Click "Block" to prevent your own account being bridged to BlueskyYou may need to copy-paste Bridgy Fed for Bluesky into the search box on your server to make the profile appear.
If you can't find the account Bridgy Fed for Bluesky, your server is probably already blocking the Bluesky bridge.
@FediTips@social.growyourown.services @federatedsocialnews@channel.org Or you can just not bridge your account in the first place.
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@virtuous_sloth @FediTips Yes, I know about that. But it was a bug, not a feature. Bugs happen. And it's been fixed.
@jorgecandeias @FediTips
We rarely know about bugs until they happen. That's the point. That bug being fixed doesn't help when the next one is revealed. -
How to block Bluesky from Mastodon:
1. Go to the profile page of the account Bridgy Fed for Bluesky
2. Click ⋯
3. Click "Block Domain" to stop seeing Bluesky accounts
4. Click "Block" to prevent your own account being bridged to BlueskyYou may need to copy-paste Bridgy Fed for Bluesky into the search box on your server to make the profile appear.
If you can't find the account Bridgy Fed for Bluesky, your server is probably already blocking the Bluesky bridge.
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How to block Bluesky from Mastodon:
1. Go to the profile page of the account Bridgy Fed for Bluesky
2. Click ⋯
3. Click "Block Domain" to stop seeing Bluesky accounts
4. Click "Block" to prevent your own account being bridged to BlueskyYou may need to copy-paste Bridgy Fed for Bluesky into the search box on your server to make the profile appear.
If you can't find the account Bridgy Fed for Bluesky, your server is probably already blocking the Bluesky bridge.
@FediTips
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@virtuous_sloth @FediTips Yes, I know about that. But it was a bug, not a feature. Bugs happen. And it's been fixed.
@jorgecandeias @virtuous_sloth @FediTips
Are you willing to guarantee - on the penalty of death by ICE - that there are no other such "bugs"? -
@jorgecandeias @virtuous_sloth @FediTips
Are you willing to guarantee - on the penalty of death by ICE - that there are no other such "bugs"?@leeloo @virtuous_sloth @FediTips What makes you think I'm within ICE's reach?
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How to block Bluesky from Mastodon:
1. Go to the profile page of the account Bridgy Fed for Bluesky
2. Click ⋯
3. Click "Block Domain" to stop seeing Bluesky accounts
4. Click "Block" to prevent your own account being bridged to BlueskyYou may need to copy-paste Bridgy Fed for Bluesky into the search box on your server to make the profile appear.
If you can't find the account Bridgy Fed for Bluesky, your server is probably already blocking the Bluesky bridge.
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@leeloo @virtuous_sloth @FediTips What makes you think I'm within ICE's reach?
@jorgecandeias @virtuous_sloth @FediTips
This is not about you, it's about the people who might follow your advice. If you are willing to risk their life, you should be willing to risk your own. -
How to block Bluesky from Mastodon:
1. Go to the profile page of the account Bridgy Fed for Bluesky
2. Click ⋯
3. Click "Block Domain" to stop seeing Bluesky accounts
4. Click "Block" to prevent your own account being bridged to BlueskyYou may need to copy-paste Bridgy Fed for Bluesky into the search box on your server to make the profile appear.
If you can't find the account Bridgy Fed for Bluesky, your server is probably already blocking the Bluesky bridge.
@FediTips Does blocking the domain still work if someone you follow boosts a toot from it?
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@jorgecandeias @virtuous_sloth @FediTips
This is not about you, it's about the people who might follow your advice. If you are willing to risk their life, you should be willing to risk your own.@leeloo @virtuous_sloth @FediTips Sorry, but that's just silly.
People are here on the fediverse, on a network that is inherently unsafe (as all are). Here, bad actors only need to lay low to grab all the information they want from people, as only when they reveal themselves blocking can happen.
And they worry with the tiny little probability of a bug sending their data elsewhere?
Come on. Be real.
Risk exists right here, right now. People should really be well aware of that.
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How to block Bluesky from Mastodon:
1. Go to the profile page of the account Bridgy Fed for Bluesky
2. Click ⋯
3. Click "Block Domain" to stop seeing Bluesky accounts
4. Click "Block" to prevent your own account being bridged to BlueskyYou may need to copy-paste Bridgy Fed for Bluesky into the search box on your server to make the profile appear.
If you can't find the account Bridgy Fed for Bluesky, your server is probably already blocking the Bluesky bridge.
@FediTips seems I'm out of the loop, can someone explain?
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How to block Bluesky from Mastodon:
1. Go to the profile page of the account Bridgy Fed for Bluesky
2. Click ⋯
3. Click "Block Domain" to stop seeing Bluesky accounts
4. Click "Block" to prevent your own account being bridged to BlueskyYou may need to copy-paste Bridgy Fed for Bluesky into the search box on your server to make the profile appear.
If you can't find the account Bridgy Fed for Bluesky, your server is probably already blocking the Bluesky bridge.
@FediTips
Your account will only be bridged to Bluesky if you *follow* the bridgy account.If you have followed it in order to have your account bridged and have now changed your mind, you need to block it. If you have never followed it, blocking it is unnecessary.
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How to block Bluesky from Mastodon:
1. Go to the profile page of the account Bridgy Fed for Bluesky
2. Click ⋯
3. Click "Block Domain" to stop seeing Bluesky accounts
4. Click "Block" to prevent your own account being bridged to BlueskyYou may need to copy-paste Bridgy Fed for Bluesky into the search box on your server to make the profile appear.
If you can't find the account Bridgy Fed for Bluesky, your server is probably already blocking the Bluesky bridge.
@FediTips Look at me being ahead of the curve.
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#Bluesky verified an account for US Immigration & Customs Enforcement, so even more people here want even less to do with Bluesky.
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How to block Bluesky from Mastodon:
1. Go to the profile page of the account Bridgy Fed for Bluesky
2. Click ⋯
3. Click "Block Domain" to stop seeing Bluesky accounts
4. Click "Block" to prevent your own account being bridged to BlueskyYou may need to copy-paste Bridgy Fed for Bluesky into the search box on your server to make the profile appear.
If you can't find the account Bridgy Fed for Bluesky, your server is probably already blocking the Bluesky bridge.
@FediTips And why would you want to do that?
This is silly.
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@loki_bass @FediTips People being paranoid and not understanding how the bridge works, once again... It happens every six months or so.
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Bluesky started hosting the Trump regime's ICE, so a lot of people asked how they can stop seeing Bluesky accounts bridged to Mastodon.
I did this post as there was so much demand to find out how to do this.
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@loki_bass @FediTips People being paranoid and not understanding how the bridge works, once again... It happens every six months or so.
