Hackers' Pub

Syntax	Description	Examples
`"` keyword `"`	Finds the string within quotes, including spaces. Case-insensitive. (Escape quotes inside with `\"`)	`"Hackers' Pub"`
`from:` handle	Finds content written by the specified user.	`from:hongminhee` `from:hongminhee@hollo.social`
`lang:` ISO 639-1	Finds content written in the specified language.	`lang:en`
`#` tag	Finds content with the specified tag. Case-insensitive.	`#HackersPub`
condition condition	Finds content that satisfies both conditions on either side of the space (logical AND).	`"Hackers' Pub" lang:en`
condition `OR` condition	Finds content that satisfies at least one of the conditions on either side of the OR operator (logical OR).	`#HackersPub OR "Hackers' Pub" lang:en`
`(` condition `)`	Combines the operators within the parentheses first.	`(#HackersPub OR "Hackers' Pub" OR "Hackers Pub") lang:en`

ansuz / ऐरन @ansuz@social.cryptography.dog

12/2/2025, 10:53:29 AM

Public

Okay, so it's just the standard OAuth workflow, but I was otherwise right, and their app basically gets full access to your account just as a mobile app for mastodon might 😬

screenshot of an authorization request on mastodon.social with the following warning.

Readily would like permission to access your account. Only approve this request if you recognize and trust this source.

Below it is indicated that this will give full access to your mastodon account, read and write access, and the same with follows, mutes, and blocks

ansuz / ऐरन @ansuz@social.cryptography.dog

12/2/2025, 11:01:38 AM

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hey @Mastodon,

are you aware that https://readily.news/ is leveraging full access to users' mastodon accounts to scrape followers-only fediverse posts?

Readily

readily.news

If you have a fediverse account, you can quote this note from your own instance. Search https://social.cryptography.dog/users/ansuz/statuses/115649629264242959 on your instance and quote it. (Note that quoting is not supported in Mastodon.)