Okay, speaking (as I was earlier) of bears, beets, and Battlestar Galactica, we all know that identity theft is not a joke. (Millions of families suffer every year...)
But I just saw that @kathygriffin posted an unretouched photo from her phone to 'prove' that it was actually her account.
Not a problem I face, but out of curiousity, what *is* the Mastadon answer to the 'blue checkmark'? I saw that @GreatDismal joined (or at least poked his head in) but how do I *know* that it's really him?
@thom_ftc it might be automated, but a manual check by the user beats automatic verification by the service provider. If they have a website or a profile elsewhere known to you, they can mention their fediverse handle there (Mastodon/Pleroma/Peertube/Mobilizon/Epicyon/WriteFreely which all inter-operate in open, standard ways).
