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It's exactly the same as an email server. Whomever owns the server can send email from your address therefore impersonating you as per the original question.
by deadbunny 4y ago
It's exactly the same as an email server. Whomever owns the server can send email from your address therefore impersonating you as per the original question.
- jefftk 4y agoIt's the same in that way, yes: both are federated protocols where you need to trust the owner of your server. But with Mastodon there are within-server interactions like the local timeline (https://cfenollosa.com/blog/you-may-be-using-mastodon-wrong.html https://cfenollosa.com/blog/you-may-be-using-mastodon-wrong....) that have no equivalent in email, so if you decide to try to avoid this risk by self-hosting you're giving up something that a lot of Mastodon users really enjoy.