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What does AUTHORIZED_FETCH actually do?

hub.sunny.garden What does AUTHORIZED_FETCH actually do?

A hopefully more approachable explanation of the Mastodon configuration settings Authorized Fetch and Disallow Unauthenticated API Access

What does AUTHORIZED_FETCH actually do?

This feature is particularly important as threads starts to federate. Without authorized fetch, there is the possibility of content from folks who are defederated from threads making their way over through intermediary followers.

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  • I'm not blocking Threads on my instance but I've enabled Authorized Fetch so that my users who want to block it will get the experience they expect.