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70TB of Parler users’ messages, videos, and posts leaked by security researchers

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Re: 70TB of Parler users’ messages, videos, and posts leaked by security researchers

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Post by TameAntelope »

jjice wrote: post #170
dingusthemingus wrote: post #50

Wiki says Parler is a team of 30 people, So realistically, does that mean like 10 devs running a social network with 5-10 million users? I imagine its pretty ceazy there right now after getting booted off AWS, google just banned u off play store, so cant use them, i assume they cant use microsoft because theyll ban them there as well, it would be cool to see if they are able to get things up and running again. (Ive n…

I was thinking about it this morning. They probably didn't have an easy time finding new employees too because of the nature and controversy associated with the site, potentially part of the reason for lack of moderation. Not defending, just observing. It's interesting from a business/development perspective when it comes to rapid scale and team size.

Setting aside moral qualms for a moment, the engineering problems they're having right now are probably one-in-a-career problems, so it would be interesting work, without a doubt.

Re: 70TB of Parler users’ messages, videos, and posts leaked by security researchers

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Post by thaufeki »

newacct583 wrote: post #88
thomastjeffery wrote: post #39

When you purposefully leak private data, you no longer get to hide behind the title "Security Researcher".

Parler was ground zero for the community that announced and executed the attack on the capitol. Thought leaders there were routinely evoking, imagining, and outright calling for violence, and the crowd was a feedback loop. Fundamentally the Parler community existed to provide a platform for people who had been already banned from Twitter. Frankly the peaceful use of the site was mostly incidental. I think there's a r…

The personal data of everyone who has used the site is in the public interest? Are you high?

Re: 70TB of Parler users’ messages, videos, and posts leaked by security researchers

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Post by yanderekko »

newacct583 wrote: post #234
throwaway3699 wrote: post #211

Earlier quoted context omitted.

You can't be serious. There were literally millions of users on the platform.

Per Wikipedia, the count of active users was 4M. And that's about right for the community of active "MAGA head" republicans in question. A lot of the horror and cognitive dissonance of this moment is that the mob the President aimed at Congress on Wednesday was not a weird or fringe group. They were just his fans. Look at the crowd, along with the armored people smashing windows and beating cops were smiling grandpar…

And a lot of insincere attempts to address extremism look like "censoring Republicans".

Re: 70TB of Parler users’ messages, videos, and posts leaked by security researchers

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Post by user-the-name »

idrios wrote: post #257
user-the-name wrote: post #218

Earlier quoted context omitted.

Maybe your takeaway there should be, "oh shit, I would have exactly the same thing, I need to rearrange my priorities so that I don't hurt people".

It sounds like that was his takeaway, except that for him it was coming from a place of empathy and not anger.

I did not hear that.

Re: 70TB of Parler users’ messages, videos, and posts leaked by security researchers

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Post by simonh »

muspimerol wrote: post #258
sanedigital wrote: post #221

Earlier quoted context omitted.

Talk about hyperbole. In no way did even 1% of the population on Parler want mass executions for people like you.

There's no hyperbole in the comment. It can still be a safe haven for extremists even if most of the users are not.

An even if they didn't agree with the sentiment, many or even most of those on the platform were perfectly happy to fraternise with those that did.

Re: 70TB of Parler users’ messages, videos, and posts leaked by security researchers

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Post by whimsicalism »

ipsocannibal wrote: post #269
sanedigital wrote: post #221

Earlier quoted context omitted.

Talk about hyperbole. In no way did even 1% of the population on Parler want mass executions for people like you.

Data, evidence? The threat is in giving the fascist terrorist 1% a microphone not that the other 99% happen to be listening. Parler was lax in policing that 1%.

And thus the private messages/videos of all should be leaked by vigilantes?

I am equally concerned about what happened about the Capitol, but the actions taken by tech in response are unacceptable to me.

Re: 70TB of Parler users’ messages, videos, and posts leaked by security researchers

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Post by VikingCoder »

sanedigital wrote: post #221
nkrisc wrote: post #118

Earlier quoted context omitted.

I'm not gonna lie: I find it very difficult to be upset by this when the site was a haven for people who want to mass executions for people like me. For me, the world is a little more complex than "privacy at all costs." It's hard to decide where to draw the line.

Talk about hyperbole. In no way did even 1% of the population on Parler want mass executions for people like you.

According to Wikipedia, there are 4,000,000 active Parler users.

You think you can assert with confidence that there are not 40,000 people with Parler accounts who want mass executions?

I'd like to think you're right, but I'm not as confident as you are.

Not after watching someone beat a Capitol Police officer to death with a flag pole flying the American Flag. People think they are defending their country against evil. Like me, apparently.

How many QAnon followers are there? How many believe the most outrageous claims? I would not be surprised if 40,000 do. Would you?

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