Post #2233096

2026-05-08 05:47 UTC

Regarding my W Social exposé: it was months in the making and I could have written a LOT more, showing additional examples of technical blunders, but I kept it "brief" at 3500 words 😅 I ran out of characters to tag all the awesome people I mentioned in the piece: @doktorzjivago@mastodonsweden.se (thanks for the top notch meme), @tom@tomkahe.com @mapache@hachyderm.io and @Em0nM4stodon@infosec.exchange And special thanks to people who volunteered to proof-read a draft and gave me fantastic feedback: @bitzero@corteximplant.net and @DataKnightmare@mastodon.xyz It takes a village ❤️

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@doktorzjivago@mastodonsweden.se 2026-05-08 05:51

@_elena@mastodon.social @tom@tomkahe.com @mapache@hachyderm.io @Em0nM4stodon@infosec.exchange @bitzero@corteximplant.net @DataKnightmare@mastodon.xyz Haha my pleasure. Thank you for being awesome 👏

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@bitzero@corteximplant.net 2026-05-08 06:32

@_elena@mastodon.social @doktorzjivago@mastodonsweden.se @tom@tomkahe.com @mapache@hachyderm.io @Em0nM4stodon@infosec.exchange @DataKnightmare@mastodon.xyz In this case: it takes some federated villages. Thank to you for the awesome inquiry.

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@castrillo@mastodon.online 2026-05-08 06:34

@_elena@mastodon.social wow, very nice post, Elena! You really nailed it 😆. I think in 2026, it’s pretty hard to sweep things like what you found under the rug. In the EU digital community—like we have on Mastodon—we sniff out things, kind of like opening Pandora’s boxes, much faster 👌

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@Pepijn@mastodon.online 2026-05-08 08:35

@_elena@mastodon.social Thanks! Let's hope the message lands! Journalism has been disappointing. One journalist picking up on it was working for Dutch NOS. On launch she asked "Bluesky fork?" and got shut down with a "we'll share tech details later". ⏰🔔 >Eurosky .. carefully planned out, But also dishonest. Eurosky is an offshoot from a failed global grift now trying the Europe angle. On launch I emailed back-and-forth with them multiple times to fix their privacy policy. Even now they make false claims.

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@Em0nM4stodon@infosec.exchange 2026-05-08 15:16

@_elena@mastodon.social This is truly an excellent piece! Thank you for conducting this important research, and for bringing this issue to the attention of the public. This is a very important topic! And thank you so much for linking to my article :dragon_heart:

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@_elena@mastodon.social 2026-05-08 17:51

I just refreshed the #WSocial website and it's showing a MAJOR redesign... with a label at the top stating "built on the open AT-protocol." This is the first time ever they acknowledge this – I know, as I've been visiting their website for MONTHS and also never heard about this in any interviews. So the claims in my exposé stand (the Internet Archive's Wayback Machine would confirm this). Of note: they changed their URL from wsocial.eu to wsocial.news BTW thanks for all your feedback ❤️

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