Stefan Bohacek / @[email protected]: Interesting story from @tedium about an extortion scheme targeting prominent personalities on Bluesky who don't own their own domain. -- "Cybersquatting is not a new issue, of course, but Bluesky's decision to tie verification to domains as social proof shows the limitations of the strategy." ... @Techmeme @ernie Yep. I voiced some similar concerns about this system a month ago https://bsky.app/... It's really only useful for folks who already have well-established, reputable domains that the wider public associates with them. So... good for tech nerds, bloggers, reporters and maybe government officials (if they decided to leverage it)