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Re:Parler drops offline after Amazon pulls support by munificent on Monday January 11, 2021 @12:34PM (#25732444)
> the only way to get 'badged' is to use the mobile app and take a picture of govt ID (driver license, passport, etc).

<puts on tinfoil hat> Maybe the entire site is just an FBI honeypot for right-wing extremists? (It's obviously not an NSA honeypot, because they could afford to self-host.)

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Re:Parler drops offline after Amazon pulls support by shagie on Monday January 11, 2021 @12:56PM (#25732850)
With a double lawyer of tinfoil you can ask "maybe the site is just a honeypot for a foreign government?"
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Re:Parler drops offline after Amazon pulls support by marz0 on Monday January 11, 2021 @01:25PM (#25733379)
This twitter thread[1] suggests that it's possible. But probably best to take it with a grain of salt.

[1] https://twitter.com/davetroy/status/1327253991936454663

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