diff --git a/39.md b/39.md index b84603c9..9eacee8b 100644 --- a/39.md +++ b/39.md @@ -51,6 +51,8 @@ Identity: A Twitter username. Proof: A Tweet ID. The tweet should be posted by `` and have the text `Verifying my account on nostr My Public Key: ""`. This can be located at `https://twitter.com//status/`. +Caveat: fetching `https://twitter.com//status/` and looking for the `` is not sufficient as a validation, because Twitter can automatically redirect if you use the wrong identity (but the correct tweet ID) as part of the URL! So after fetching `https://twitter.com/saylor/status/1701877505437675910` one must re-check the *actual* URL (or avoid redirects in the first place) before concluding that the person using `1701877505437675910` as a proof matches the @saylor identity on Twitter! + ### `mastodon` Identity: A Mastodon instance and username in the format `/@`.