Thought I was done posting about #hivesocial #hive but guess not.
This time, they've taken their server offline to "fix vulnerabilities affecting service stability and user security".
As it turns out what happened is that there's a vulnerability that straight up allows a malicious actor to edit another person's posts, among other things.

Source for the video:
zerforschung.org/posts/hive-en…

⚠️ WARNING: Do not use #Hive Social!

According to research conducted by @zerforschung, the #Twitter alternative Hive Social has got a number of dangerous #security vulnerabilies.

They allow attackers to completely access and even to partly edit anyone's data, including private posts, deleted direct messages, e-mail addresses and phone numbers signed up with etc.

Once again this demonstrates that you should not rely on closed-source software to guard sensitive data.

🔗 zerforschung.org/posts/hive-en

⚠️ Warning: do not use Hive Social 👉🐝👈

Dieser Artikel ist auch auf deutsch erschienen. Following the Twitter takeover, a number of services promising to be an alternative gained traction. One of those is “Hive Social”, which reached more than a million users in the last weeks.

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Can't figure out what's more unnerving:

#Musk owning #Twitter, or the people at #hive (#hivesocial) thinking star signs are on equal footing to #pronouns.