Mastonoob musing:
Is anything to stop anyone from stealing my profile pic and banner to create illicit instance accounts under my handle then impersonate me? If not, then the need for PGP-style signature/account-trail verification becomes CRITICALLY URGENT for Mastodon’s long-term viability, IMO.
@deshipu @philodygmn I never looked at it, can I link back to multiple fedi services?
@zladuric @philodygmn I never looked into it myself, so I really don't know, I just saw it on some profiles out there, and I saw those annoying keybase toots.
@zladuric Apparently it's as simple as putting a link back to the profile with rel="me" on it on the page to which you are linking: https://docs.joinmastodon.org/user/profile/#verification
@philodygmn one thing used for verification is your profile. See mine: my web site and GitHub verify that they're me by linking back to that profile. Other people can't do that verification. Not perfect, but maybe it's something
@philodygmn You can verify your account with keybase, and you can also have a verified link to a domain in your profile. Personally I don't see the point — there is nothing stopping my neighbor from telling everyone they are me, and yet somehow they don't do it.