ev on Nostr: On Bogbook awhile back I had someone coming on and identifying as @ev, which looked ...
On Bogbook awhile back I had someone coming on and identifying as @ev, which looked exactly the same as my handle, which is @ev, and then pretending to be me while I was sleeping.
The solution I came up with was to provide a small in-line public key hint:
After I did that whoever it was cut it out, because everyone could see he had different public key than my own.
Published at
2023-03-14 17:48:05Event JSON
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"content": "On Bogbook awhile back I had someone coming on and identifying as @ev, which looked exactly the same as my handle, which is @ev, and then pretending to be me while I was sleeping.\n\nThe solution I came up with was to provide a small in-line public key hint:\n\nhttps://nostr.build/i/nostr.build_5177a40a5e83f3059211557e7848af9b476f54c74a1aafc2c442d5f85d5caaa5.png\n\nAfter I did that whoever it was cut it out, because everyone could see he had different public key than my own.",
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