A new security fund opens up to help protect the fediverse

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A new security fund aims to help apps in the fediverse — like Mastodon, Threads, and Pixelfed — to pay researchers for disclosing security bugs.

Open source contributor Emelia Smith came across the issue, and the Nivenly Foundation paid her to fix it, she explains.

The fund is currently in a limited trial after the discovery of a security vulnerability in the decentralized Instagram alternative, Pixelfed.

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Author / Journalist: Sarah Perez

Category: Technology

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Topics: Security Social Security Social networking Fediverse

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Published On: 2025-04-02 @ 15:20:00 (1 days ago)

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