SCOOP: Tried the Truth Social beta.
But not the one Trump & his fans are testing, the one used internally by his team, which left the site publicly accessible online (again).
Registered @realDonaldTrump & found a user praising dictator Augusto Pinochet dailydot.com/debug/truth-so…
Again, this is not the mobile beta being discussed online but the internal beta that TMTG's dev team uses to find bugs before updating the app.
Found the page online in Oct. & was tipped by @WhiskeyNeon that a verification page for registrations was open. dailydot.com/debug/truth-so…
The dev team didn't disable the handle @realDonaldTrump, which Trump is currently using on the mobile app.
I was able to upload the same profile image & banner as Trump. To be clear, this would not affect Trump's account on the mobile beta.
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I found all sorts of content openly posted to the publicly accessible internal beta.
Pics from devs that showed usernames & passwords as well as other identifying info (which I will obviously not be publishing).
Raises serious security questions.
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I also found several moderation accounts that were used to teach Truth Social's systems how to flag banned content such as porn, images from execution videos, and racial slurs.
Interestingly, the system was also being trained how to spot pics of firearms. dailydot.com/debug/truth-so…
Another account posted memes & statements praising Chilean dictator Augusto Pinochet.
It's unclear if the account was run by a moderator attempting to teach Truth Social's systems to flag such imagery or merely a fan page from someone at TMTG.
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As you may remember, after Trump announced his plans for Truth Social in Oct., a site hosting the mobile beta was quickly found. Myself as well as @drewharwell were able to register accounts for Trump & Pence.
Devs on the internal beta weren't impressed. dailydot.com/debug/truth-so…
As reported by Reuters, the Truth Social app will possibly be released tomorrow.
As of writing this thread, I’ve lost access to my account. But excited try out the app tomorrow if it does drop!
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Another interesting point. A moderator, whose job is to train Truth Social's systems to recognize banned content, shared posts about Jan. 6.
Does this mean TMTG is opposed to the Capitol riot or that it won't allow users to rally for similar events? dailydot.com/debug/truth-so…
Apple has begun sending out emails and notifications alerting users that Truth Social is available for download.
Once downloaded on the App Store, users are informed that Truth Social is “coming soon.”
Truth Social can now be downloaded from the Apple App Store but attempting to register an account produces an error message.
For the record, Truth Social only pulled down one domain for the internal beta site that I was able to register an account on last night.
Another domain still remains (which I won't be publishing), which shows that the site is ready for launch.
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