How to block Bluesky from Mastodon:

[virtuous_sloth@cosocial.ca]

@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@mastodon.social]

@virtuous_sloth @FediTips Yes, I know about that. But it was a bug, not a feature. Bugs happen. And it's been fixed.

[phillycodehound@encryptr.net]

@FediTips@social.growyourown.services @federatedsocialnews@channel.org Or you can just not bridge your account in the first place. ​

[virtuous_sloth@cosocial.ca]

@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.

[billie@social.tchncs.de]

@FediTips

Just to note: #tusky allows muting, not blocking. The blck optipn is missing in #tusky. Using #tusky, you need to do it with the #web #gui.

[andoriansoup@mastodon.social]

@FediTips
Nice

[leeloo@chaosfem.tw]

@jorgecandeias @virtuous_sloth @FediTips
Are you willing to guarantee - on the penalty of death by ICE - that there are no other such "bugs"?

[jorgecandeias@mastodon.social]

@leeloo @virtuous_sloth @FediTips What makes you think I'm within ICE's reach?

[leeloo@chaosfem.tw]

@FediTips
So number 4 - blocking the bot - is the important one?

Asking because Moshidon doesn't show a domain option.

[leeloo@chaosfem.tw]

@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.

[zenheathen@beige.party]

@FediTips Does blocking the domain still work if someone you follow boosts a toot from it?

[jorgecandeias@mastodon.social]

@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.

[leeloo@chaosfem.tw]

@jorgecandeias
Wrong answer.

[loki_bass@metalhead.club]

@FediTips seems I'm out of the loop, can someone explain?

[dragonfrog@mastodon.sdf.org]

@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.

[beachcomber@social.leecalvin.xyz]

@FediTips Look at me being ahead of the curve.

[klu9@ohai.social]

@loki_bass @FediTips

#Bluesky verified an account for US Immigration & Customs Enforcement, so even more people here want even less to do with Bluesky.

[david@setouchi.social]

@FediTips And why would you want to do that?

This is silly.

[david@setouchi.social]

@loki_bass @FediTips People being paranoid and not understanding how the bridge works, once again... It happens every six months or so.

[feditips@social.growyourown.services]

@loki_bass

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.