Is there a way to check out insane platforms like Telegram and TruthSocial without using their app? - eviltoast

I sort of want to see what these things are like but I don’t want to give them any data or contribute to them in any way haha. I’ve heard the Queen of Canada uses it which intrigues me

  • SavvyWolf@pawb.socialEnglish
    3·
    2 months ago

    Telegram is frustratingly one of those “privacy focused” apps that for some reason feels entitled to have your phone number and requires you to install their app to use. So yes, you need to give it to them. Some feeds have “previews” which can be viewed in the browser, but I’m not sure how common that is.

    Also, doesn’t Canada have a king now? Do they still recognise the UK royalty as heads of state, or did that change?

    • Evkob@lemmy.ca
      4·
      2 months ago

      Also, doesn’t Canada have a king now? Do they still recognise the UK royalty as heads of state, or did that change

      OP isn’t talking about our old gal Lizzie, they’re talking about the queen of Canada Romana Didulo, who leads a QAnon-based cult and tours around Canada with them in an RV. Here’s an excerpt from her Wikipedia article about her claims to the throne:

      Though Didulo did not initially explain the basis for her claim to be the Monarch of Canada, she later clarified that she had been “appointed” to that position by an American named David J. Carlson, purportedly the “Commander-In-Chief” and “King” of the United States. Didulo claims that Carlson appointed her after she led in 2017 a mission against the Chinese communist military, who were allegedly occupying Canada in underground tunnels, where they were producing adrenochrome, trafficking humans and planning to start World War III by attacking the United States.

    • Natanael@slrpnk.net
      2·
      2 months ago

      It pretends to be privacy focused, but because everything but 1-to-1 secret chats (where you have compared session identifiers) are accessible to the company and they keep logs of all group chats which they can access (even if they claim they can’t, that’s bullshit)