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Active users (last six months) 26,861
Characters per post (max) 11,000
Known instances 47,213
First sight Before Oct 14, 2020 UTC [?]
Last successful check Sep 18, 2024 UTC
Noxious No
New No
Software Mastodon 4.3.0-beta.1+glitch
Registrations Open (by admin approval)
Meta’s Threads moderation Threads is neither suspended nor limited, according to this instance’s list of moderated instances.
Most used hashtags (last week) hezbollah, lebanon, birdbrands, pager, pagers, tunetuesday, tercinema, MardiPatisserie, feelingfineandlarkyoh, confessionsbyannoyingpeople
Short description
A Mastodon instance for info/cyber security-minded people.
Long description
Infosec.Exchange Status: https://status.infosec.exchange/ Tor address: http://7jaxqg6lfcdtosooxhv5drpettiwnt6ytdywfgefppk2ol4dzlddblyd.onion/ To help support the costs associated with running this instance, please consider donating. You can set up recurring donations here: Patreon: https://www.patreon.com/infosecexchange Ko-Fi: https://ko-fi.com/infosecexchange Liberpay: https://liberapay.com/Infosec.exchange/ You can also support with a one-time donation using PayPal to "jerry@infosec.exchange".

Additional information about the instance may be found on our wiki at: https://wiki.infosec.exchange/

Official Support Account

EtherKnight and Infosec.exchange artwork by @yetkinmiller@infosec.exchange

TERMS OF SERVICE

Content on this website and any associated API may not be scraped or otherwise collected for the purposes of: A. training AI software, machine learning models, or any similar technology.

  1. Collected, aggregated, and/or indexed, such as for the creation or function of search engines or any other similar service that is marked private or not discoverable.
Instance rules
  1. Do unto others as you think they would want done to them.
  2. Mark sensitive content with a content warning.
  3. Gratuitous obscenity that serves no practical benefit to a discussion is not permitted.
  4. Illegal content such as child pornography, unsurprisingly, is not permitted
  5. Spam is not permitted, this includes creating spam accounts that only serve to provide profile links or advertise products and services.
  6. Hate speech and abusive or threatening behavior is not permitted, specifically that which directed at any gender, nationality, religion, race, age, pizza topping preference, or sexual identity. One can hate on systemd all day long here.
  7. Lack of a specific rule against a certain behavior does not indicate acceptance of that behavior. Each of us has a limited amount of time in this world. Don't be a jerk.
  8. Violating one or more of these rules may result in an immediate, permanent ban without notice or warning.
  9. You may not impersonate a person or brand without a clear indication the account is unofficial and/or a parody. Parody accounts are permitted, as are legitimate brand accounts.
  10. No attacks against (or from) the instance. You may not do anything which may impact confidentiality, integrity or availability of Infosec.Exchange, the users of the service or their data. For more details see https://wiki.infosec.exchange/rules/start
  11. No doxing (aka doxxing) or disclosing personal information without consent and as a means of harassing or causing others to harass another person.
  12. No harassment in the form of continued engagement after a person has requested contact to stop
  13. Automated posting: - accounts that post >50% using automation must be labeled as a “bot” in the user profile to help provide a visual indicator to visitors - automated posts must be limited to one post per hour/24 per day with post visibility set to “public”. There is no limit on “unlisted” posts.
Moderated instances [?]
  1. 430022.xyz: limited
  2. 5dollah.click: suspended
  3. activitypub.awakari.com: suspended
  4. adachi.party: suspended
  5. adforward.org: limited
  6. aether.run: suspended (reason: Appears to be unmanaged)
  7. aethy.com: suspended
  8. ak.kyaruc.moe: suspended
  9. akko.anemoneya.me: suspended
  10. akm.longyap.name.my: suspended
  11. amala.schwartzwelt.xyz: suspended
  12. amiga.team: limited
  13. andrew.xyz: suspended (reason: appears to be unmaintained)
  14. annihilation.social: suspended
  15. anvil.social: suspended (reason: Appears to be unmanaged)
  16. ap.maladaptive.art: limited (reason: Under review)
  17. archaeology.social: limited
  18. arguos.com: limited
  19. arihi.me: limited
  20. asbestos.cafe: suspended
  21. awakari.app: suspended
  22. awakari.com: suspended
  23. azemet.space: limited
  24. azumanga.gay: suspended
  25. babaded.tk: limited
  26. bae.st: suspended (reason: Significant source of hate speech, racial slurs, and targeted harassment.)
  27. bajax.us: suspended
  28. baraag.net: suspended
  29. bassam.social: suspended
  30. batchats.net: limited
  31. beefyboys.win: suspended (reason: Generally awful free speech instance supporting racial and homophobic hate)
  32. besties.com: suspended (reason: appears to be unmaintained)
  33. beyond.forum: limited
  34. bibletalk.social: limited
  35. bikers.social: limited
  36. birdbridge.autonomy.earth: suspended
  37. boks.moe: suspended
  38. bondsdogs.com: suspended (reason: appears to be unmaintained)
  39. boymoder.biz: suspended
  40. brandenburg.social: limited
  41. breastmilk.club: suspended
  42. brighteon.social: suspended
  43. bsl.sid500.com: suspended (reason: Twitter scraper creating account mirrors)
  44. bynight.cafe: limited
  45. cachapa.xyz: suspended
  46. caekis.love: suspended
  47. cannibal.cafe: suspended
  48. catgirls.nya.gay: suspended
  49. cathode.church: limited
  50. catposter.club: suspended
  51. cawfee.club: suspended
  52. cherryberry.pink: suspended (reason: appears to be unmaintained)
  53. chickenfan.club: suspended (reason: Violent extremism)
  54. childlove.space: suspended
  55. childlove.su: suspended
  56. chilemasto.casa: suspended
  57. chrisduffley.com: limited
  58. chudbuds.lol: suspended (reason: Highly offensive and violent hate speech instance)
  59. clew.lol: suspended
  60. closednetwork.social: suspended (reason: appears to be unmaintained)
  61. cloud.zannoni.eu: suspended (reason: Appears to be unmanaged)
  62. clubcyberia.co: suspended
  63. cmm.fyi: limited
  64. come-together.nl: limited
  65. comunitate.ascorcluj.com: limited
  66. coolsite.win: suspended
  67. cottoncandy.cafe: suspended
  68. crlf.ninja: suspended
  69. cum.camp: suspended
  70. cum.salon: suspended (reason: Should be obvious)
  71. cunny.win: suspended
  72. cunnyborea.space: suspended
  73. cunnyborea.top: suspended
  74. cursoryreview.org: limited
  75. cuyes.mooo.com: limited
  76. cybercriminal.eu: suspended
  77. dark.doompill.com: suspended
  78. decayable.ink: suspended
  79. detroitriotcity.com: suspended (reason: Supports/tolerates hate speech.)
  80. devsrv.farhan.codes: limited
  81. dindon.one: limited
  82. don.neet.co.jp: suspended (reason: appears to be unmaintained)
  83. dox.**nd: suspended
  84. dreamersreality.dev: limited
  85. drunkposter.club: suspended
  86. educhat.social: limited
  87. edusocial.it: suspended (reason: appears to be unmanaged)
  88. eientei.org: suspended
  89. electroverse.tech: suspended (reason: Appears to be unmaintained)
  90. elict.net: limited
  91. entomophagy.world: suspended (reason: appears to be unmaintained)
  92. eveningzoo.club: suspended
  93. extraordinarygeeks.social: limited
  94. f.haeder.net: suspended
  95. federated.fun: suspended
  96. federated.place: limited
  97. fedi.cybercriminal.eu: suspended
  98. fedi.pawlicker.com: suspended
  99. fedi.syspxl.xyz: suspended
  100. femboys.love: suspended
  101. flashist.video: suspended
  102. fluf.club: suspended (reason: Hate speech)
  103. forestver.se: suspended (reason: appears to be unmaintained)
  104. forum-lucifer.com: suspended (reason: appears to be unmanaged)
  105. fpl.social: limited
  106. fr13nd5.com: suspended (reason: Unmoderated homophobia)
  107. freak.university: suspended
  108. freeatlantis.com: limited
  109. freecumextremist.com: suspended (reason: Almost exclusively an instance for posting porn.)
  110. freemasonry.social: limited
  111. freesoftwareextremist.com: limited
  112. freespeechextremist.com: suspended
  113. frmsn.network: limited
  114. froth.zone: suspended
  115. fsebugoutzone.org: suspended
  116. fusionpros.social: suspended (reason: appears to be unmanaged)
  117. game-tecx.de: limited
  118. gameliberty.club: suspended (reason: Unmoderated racism)
  119. games.retrotalk.live: limited
  120. gametoots.de: limited
  121. gearlandia.haus: suspended
  122. geekspot.com: limited
  123. genderheretics.xyz: suspended
  124. geofront.rocks: suspended
  125. gervtuber.de: suspended (reason: appears to be unmaintained)
  126. gh0st.live: suspended
  127. glaceon.social: suspended (reason: Blocked to resolve confusing bleed over due to Glaceon blocking infosec.exchange)
  128. gleasonator.com: suspended
  129. glee.li: suspended
  130. goreslut.xyx: suspended
  131. goyim.social: suspended
  132. graeber.social: limited
  133. groupsebelah.com: limited
  134. gwitter.li: limited
  135. h-i.social: limited
  136. hacks.fi: limited
  137. handlewalks.masto.host: limited
  138. hdty.in: limited
  139. heymaven.com: suspended
  140. history.lol: suspended
  141. hkgk.nishi.boats: suspended
  142. hollow.raccoon.quest: limited
  143. hub.raf.rs: limited
  144. hunk.city: suspended (reason: The instance appears to be up to no good. Block in place due to shenanigans from a user on that instance, will reassess.)
  145. i.transmit.love: limited
  146. iddqd.social: suspended (reason: Part of free/hate speech network)
  147. imouto.pics: limited
  148. instagram.com: suspended
  149. ipv6.social: limited
  150. julialang.social: limited
  151. kalmar.social: limited
  152. kasumi.loliimoutolove.com: suspended
  153. kernkraft.social: suspended (reason: appears to be unmaintained)
  154. kho.dev: limited
  155. kitsunemimi.club: suspended
  156. kiwifarms.cc: suspended
  157. knse.net: limited
  158. kohodon.fedicity.net: limited
  159. kokuusa.club: limited
  160. kommunismus.social: limited
  161. kopimi.space: limited
  162. kotodama.space: limited
  163. kousaka.space: suspended
  164. krems.social: suspended (reason: appears to be unmaintained)
  165. lab.nyanide.com: suspended
  166. lajna.si: limited
  167. leafposter.club: suspended
  168. lgbt.io: suspended
  169. library.love: limited
  170. lick.cunny.win: suspended
  171. linguisten.info: suspended (reason: appears to be unmaintained)
  172. locksport.space: limited
  173. loli.church: suspended
  174. loli.rodeo: suspended
  175. loliimoutolove.com: suspended
  176. m.corduba.tech: suspended (reason: appears to be unmanaged)
  177. m.kog.to: limited
  178. m.mxin.moe: limited
  179. m.techsocial.site: suspended (reason: appears to be unmanaged)
  180. madworld.social: limited
  181. majestic12.airforce: suspended
  182. mapsupport.de: suspended
  183. marimoko.biz: limited
  184. marsey.moe: suspended
  185. mashtodon.alterracloud.com: suspended
  186. masochi.st: suspended (reason: Unmoderated racism and hate speech)
  187. mast.lukeog.com: limited
  188. mastdn.social: limited
  189. mastinator.com: suspended (reason: Bypasses blocks and makes all toots public without consent)
  190. masto.asonix.dog: suspended
  191. masto.oyd.app: suspended
  192. masto1.100flowers.tech: limited
  193. mastodom.social: limited
  194. mastodon-ero.xyz: suspended (reason: appears to be unmanaged)
  195. mastodon-swiss.org: limited
  196. mastodon-uk.net: limited
  197. mastodon.aargaunet.ch: limited
  198. mastodon.adtension.com: suspended
  199. mastodon.ashevillains.org: limited
  200. mastodon.conquestuniverse.com: limited
  201. mastodon.creation.md: limited
  202. mastodon.cubsex.lol: suspended
  203. mastodon.dragonbox.de: limited
  204. mastodon.gramschladen.de: limited
  205. mastodon.in.th: limited
  206. mastodon.integrata-stiftung.de: suspended (reason: Appears to be unmanaged)
  207. mastodon.joaoleitao.org: limited
  208. mastodon.kevnet.cloud: limited
  209. mastodon.linuxmuster.net: limited
  210. mastodon.lookbusy.org: limited
  211. mastodon.mailstation.de: limited
  212. mastodon.multiclan.ninja: limited
  213. mastodon.my: limited
  214. mastodon.omikron-alpha.net: suspended (reason: appears to be unmanaged)
  215. mastodon.r3networks.uk: limited
  216. mastodon.saarland: suspended (reason: appears to be unmaintained)
  217. mastodon.se: suspended (reason: Defunct, blocking to clean up)
  218. mastodon.snmsoc.org: suspended (reason: appears to be unmanaged)
  219. mastodon.starnet.cz: limited
  220. mastodon.staycuriousandkeepsmil.in: limited
  221. mastodon.svgun.ru: limited
  222. mastodon.terabyte-computing.com: limited
  223. mastodon.thedirtydis.co: limited
  224. mastodon.zorqz.com: limited
  225. mastodonters.nl: limited
  226. mastonederland.nl: limited
  227. matapacos.dog: limited
  228. maven.ly: suspended
  229. member.thenobody.club: suspended
  230. mentalhealth-masto.com: suspended (reason: appears to be unmaintained)
  231. merovingian.club: suspended
  232. metsubo-jinrai.net: limited
  233. miiverse.cafe: suspended
  234. milker.cafe: suspended (reason: An instance dedicated to bots that autopost animated/anime porn. Pretty massive draw on resources at best. Going to get someone fired for what’s in the timeline at worst.)
  235. mirr0r.city: suspended
  236. miss.mouse.services: suspended
  237. misskey-forkbomb.cf: suspended
  238. misskey.io: limited
  239. mk.wherelinux.xyz: suspended
  240. moar.cachapa.xyz: suspended
  241. molaguay.xyz: suspended (reason: Appears to be unmanaged)
  242. monads.online: suspended (reason: Violent extremism)
  243. moresci.sale: suspended
  244. mouse.photos: suspended
  245. mrhands.horse: suspended
  246. mst3k.interlinked.me: suspended
  247. mstdn.gao.works: limited
  248. mstdn.shinkaifan.com: limited
  249. mugicha.club: suspended
  250. muzzlespace.com: limited
  251. nasface.cz: limited
  252. natehiggers.org: suspended
  253. nationalist.social: suspended
  254. naturalstate.social: limited
  255. neomobius.com: limited
  256. neurodiversity-in.au: limited
  257. neuroscience-mastodon.com: suspended (reason: appears to be unmaintained)
  258. neuss.social: limited
  259. nicecrew.digital: suspended
  260. niederbayern.social: limited
  261. noauthority.social: limited
  262. norwoodzero.net: suspended
  263. nycity.social: limited
  264. obo.sh: suspended
  265. obufalus.jp: limited
  266. octodon.social: suspended
  267. odenwald.social: limited
  268. onevery.ignorelist.com: suspended
  269. onion.social: limited
  270. onionfarms.org: suspended
  271. onlybsds.com: limited
  272. ostfrieslnd.social: limited
  273. ottawaks.us: limited
  274. outpoa.st: suspended
  275. paravielfalt.zone: suspended
  276. parcero.bond: suspended
  277. pawoo.net: suspended
  278. penfount.social: limited
  279. pettanko.art: suspended
  280. pho.social: limited
  281. phoenixradio1208.com: limited
  282. pieville.net: suspended
  283. pirateheaven.eu: suspended
  284. pixie.town: suspended
  285. pl.absolutelyproprietary.org: suspended
  286. pl.dav1d.xyz: suspended
  287. plagu.ee: suspended
  288. pleroma.adachi.party: suspended
  289. pleroma.nobodyhasthe.biz: suspended
  290. ploen.social: limited
  291. plush.city: suspended
  292. plush.moe: suspended
  293. poa.st: suspended (reason: Unmoderated spam and other nonsense)
  294. pooper.social: suspended
  295. portside.social: suspended (reason: appears to be unmanaged)
  296. post.chode.pics: suspended
  297. poster.place: suspended (reason: Highly offensive content)
  298. posting.lolicon.rocks: suspended (reason: Hate speech)
  299. pouque.net: suspended
  300. pravda.me: limited
  301. prf.me: limited
  302. pxlmo.net: limited
  303. rabbitrabbitbrownrabbit.hostdon.ne.jp: limited
  304. rage.love: suspended
  305. randland.party: suspended
  306. rape.pet: suspended
  307. rathe.social: limited
  308. rdrama.cc: limited (reason: Unmoderated racism)
  309. redwings.social: limited
  310. repl.co: suspended
  311. republic.red: suspended
  312. rope-access-work.com: limited
  313. rot.gives: suspended
  314. rqd2.net: suspended
  315. rtypedbs.hostdon.ne.jp: limited
  316. ruhrpott.social: limited
  317. rvagc.social: limited
  318. ryona.agency: suspended (reason: Unmoderated racism)
  319. sandiegourbanists.com: limited
  320. sardegna.social: limited
  321. scfzfilm.org: suspended (reason: appears to be dead. will remove block after database is purged)
  322. seal.cafe: suspended
  323. semiosen.de: limited
  324. sensitive.hostdon.ne.jp: limited
  325. sh.itjust.works: suspended
  326. shaw.app: suspended
  327. shitpisscum.mooo.com: suspended
  328. shitpost.cloud: suspended
  329. shitposter.club: limited
  330. shitposter.world: suspended
  331. shortstackran.ch: suspended (reason: Racism promoted by admin)
  332. shortstacksran.ch: suspended
  333. shotgunlife.social: suspended (reason: Appears to be unmaintained)
  334. shrike.club: suspended
  335. shrimpposter.club: suspended
  336. silliness.observer: suspended
  337. sleepy.cafe: suspended
  338. slime.computer: suspended
  339. smooth.guru: limited (reason: site appears to be down, will reassess later)
  340. sneed.social: suspended
  341. soapbox.midwaytrades.com: suspended
  342. social.consoledated.com: limited
  343. social.cutefunny.net: limited
  344. social.desbasques.com: limited
  345. social.esmarconf.org: limited
  346. social.foederiert.de: limited
  347. social.gamesathome.net: limited
  348. social.handholding.io: suspended
  349. social.here.blue: suspended
  350. social.holocaust.tatar: suspended
  351. social.icod.de: suspended
  352. social.lovingexpressions.net: suspended
  353. social.mcjarbo.com: suspended
  354. social.mooneyed.de: suspended
  355. social.mrhands.horse: suspended
  356. social.pogo.community: limited
  357. social.randomserver.org: limited
  358. social.sargasso.nl: limited
  359. social.sp-codes.de: limited
  360. social.uggs.io: limited
  361. solarpunk.moe: suspended
  362. sotl.social: limited
  363. sperg.city: suspended
  364. spinster.xyz: suspended
  365. spurlock.social: limited
  366. stormskey.works: limited
  367. strode.zone: limited
  368. sunbeam.city: suspended
  369. supernets.social: suspended
  370. tallahasseesocial.org: limited
  371. tcpcat.net: suspended (reason: appears to be unmaintained)
  372. teamhydra.social: suspended (reason: appears to be unmanaged)
  373. tech.retrotalk.live: limited
  374. techtoots.com: limited
  375. tenforward.social: limited
  376. terere.social: limited
  377. the-gathering.space: limited
  378. the.asbestos.cafe: suspended
  379. thebigeasy.space: limited
  380. thechimp.zone: suspended
  381. thewiring.com: suspended (reason: appears to be unmaintained)
  382. thoughtful.social: suspended (reason: appears to be unmaintained)
  383. ticos.social: limited
  384. tmi.community: limited
  385. tnd.lol: suspended
  386. toot.ale.gd: limited
  387. toot.fan: limited
  388. toot.poedelwitz.de: suspended (reason: appears to be unmanaged)
  389. toot.quest: limited
  390. tootnet.nl: suspended (reason: appears to be unmanaged)
  391. toots.258990001.xyz: limited
  392. toots.hwl.li: suspended (reason: At owner instance request)
  393. trayvonmart.in: suspended
  394. troll.cafe: suspended (reason: Part of free/hate speech network)
  395. truthsocial.co.in: suspended (reason: Hosts far right content, offensive racial memes, hate speech, and clearly attempting to out MAGA truthsocial.com)
  396. tuusin.misono-ya.info: suspended
  397. uddannelse.social: limited
  398. varishangout.net: suspended (reason: Admin uses hate speech)
  399. vhspace.social: limited
  400. videochina.net: limited
  401. vigaucho.eu: suspended (reason: appears to be unmaintained)
  402. vkfksdmltl.co: limited
  403. vtuber.house: suspended
  404. washcan.social: limited
  405. waterlily.tokyo: limited
  406. weirder.earth: suspended
  407. wellcr.app: limited
  408. westen.social: limited
  409. weyhe.social: limited
  410. whitesmokebbq.social: limited
  411. whitewomen.dog: suspended
  412. wolfgirl.bar: suspended
  413. woodworking.group: limited
  414. worldnl.com: limited
  415. worm.pink: suspended
  416. writeout.ink: suspended
  417. www.blabbergoats.com: limited
  418. yggdrasil.social: suspended (reason: Hate speech)
  419. zenzone.social: limited
  420. zztails.gay: suspended
Instances certainly moderating this instance [?]
  1. bbs.generallyrubbish.net: suspension
  2. benzo.fans: suspension
  3. boop.juke.fr: suspension
  4. cathode.church: limitation
  5. chilemasto.casa: suspension
  6. citrus.farm: suspension
  7. fediverse.xavin.net: suspension
  8. flipping.rocks: limitation
  9. freethought.online: limitation
  10. glaceon.social: suspension
  11. glitch-dev.pixie.town: suspension
  12. goblin.camp: suspension
  13. h-i.social: limitation
  14. history.lol: suspension
  15. is.nota.live: suspension
  16. jubi.life: limitation
  17. lgbt.io: suspension
  18. mastodon.abstractbits.net: suspension
  19. mastodon.openjw.com: suspension
  20. monads.online: suspension
  21. monsterfuckers.online: suspension
  22. mst3k.interlinked.me: suspension
  23. myasstodon.xyz: suspension
  24. mytter.jp: suspension
  25. octodon.social: suspension
  26. old.mermaid.town: suspension
  27. plush.city: suspension
  28. polyglot.city: suspension
  29. rage.love: suspension
  30. redowl.org: suspension
  31. religion.masto.host: suspension
  32. scintilla.social: suspension
  33. silverheart.social: suspension
  34. solarpunk.moe: suspension
  35. spanner.works: limitation
  36. sunbeam.city: suspension
  37. supebase.com: suspension
  38. toot.cat: limitation
  39. vtuber.house: limitation
  40. writeout.ink: limitation
Date of creation Apr 6, 2017 UTC
Display name Jerry Bell :bell: :llama: :verified_paw: :verified_dragon: :reb…
Bio
Recovering CISO
May have an orchid problem
Bad photography
Worse dad jokes
The worst Infosec hot takes
Podcast: https://defensivesecurity.org
Blog: https://infosec.engineering
Twitter: @maliciouslink
https://Infosec.Exchange Admin

…and for fucks sake, be nice to each other. We are only here for a brief time. Make it enjoyable.

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9/11/24, 7:37:25 AM UTC9/12/24, 1:44:56 AM UTC9/13/24, 2:13:48 AM UTC9/14/24, 1:52:03 AM UTC9/15/24, 2:48:59 AM UTC9/16/24, 3:04:22 AM UTC9/17/24, 1:25:24 AM UTC9/18/24, 1:53:03 AM UTC
Succesful checks: 332/334 (99.4%)