RE: Suggested Reading (was: Applications of DIDs to Federated Social Media)

Aware of that …  using the rel=”me” to anchor your Mastodon profile to your own web property is helpful in situations like this … provided that your web property is known/trusted.

Best Regards,

Anil


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Subject: Re: Suggested Reading (was: Applications of DIDs to Federated Social Media)

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A downside of the fediverse model is having so many potential servers used for impersonation... Some folks are already reporting issues with this:

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On Mon, Nov 28, 2022 at 10:17 AM John, Anil <anil.john@hq.dhs.gov<mailto:anil.john@hq.dhs.gov>> wrote:
Interesting to note the active presence of both W3C (https://w3c.social<https://urldefense.us/v3/__https:/w3c.social__;!!BClRuOV5cvtbuNI!U5G1Z2ttRWCuLfCk1H-mn2e34KB28Vt-2Te3zFjo4h8F4SLbm0Fn1uRJI9qU8PT_Whln$>) and the European Union (https://social.network.europa.eu<https://urldefense.us/v3/__https:/social.network.europa.eu__;!!BClRuOV5cvtbuNI!U5G1Z2ttRWCuLfCk1H-mn2e34KB28Vt-2Te3zFjo4h8F4SLbm0Fn1uRJI9qU8NVWRZhD$>) on Mastodon/Fediverse!

W3C ActivityPub https://www.w3.org/TR/activitypub/<https://urldefense.us/v3/__https:/www.w3.org/TR/activitypub/__;!!BClRuOV5cvtbuNI!U5G1Z2ttRWCuLfCk1H-mn2e34KB28Vt-2Te3zFjo4h8F4SLbm0Fn1uRJI9qU8FrJ78kk$> is very much meeting the moment and is a testament to the foundational work of the W3C Social Web Working Group!

Best Regards,

Anil

Anil John
Technical Director, Silicon Valley Innovation Program
Science and Technology Directorate
US Department of Homeland Security
Washington, DC, USA

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