Former Twitter users are migrating en masse to Mastodon so what is Mastodon and what do you need to know about Mastodon from a security and privacy perspective? Twitter was flooded by a wave of imposter accounts after the $8 "verification" label fiasco, and details about the largest multi-state privacy settlement in the US where Google has agreed to pay $391 million to resolve an investigation into how the company tracked users’ locations. Plus, you don't want to miss Tom's Canadian dad jokes! Show notes: https://sharedsecurity.net/2022/11/21/the-rise-of-mastodon-twitter-in-trouble-largest-privacy-settlement-in-us-history/