These folks had their private messages exposed. In no way is that "close to lynching".

Depending on what the user posted, they might be embarrassed, lose their jobs, or end up in court.

We can have a reasonable discussion about the ethics of hacking a site like parler, but not if the starting point is "this is the equivalent of violent mobs literally murdering innocent people".

People on twitter are posting addresses and lat&long from parler users. People have also been posting on twitter statements advocating for the murder of people involved in the events in DC this week.

Of course, 99% of that is meaningless bluster but 99% of the crap on Parler was also meaningless bluster.

So I think it remains an open question as to what the consequences of this hack will be. I don't think it's impossible that someone may be literally murdered.

But if it happens I'm sure everyone in the causal chain will be as quick to claim no responsibility as the Parler CEO was...

If parler is being used for either wide-spread or violent-motivated sedition, that might sway the court of public opinion somewhat.

I interpreted the poster saying "hacking parler is close to lynching", which is what I was responding to.

Many had images of their driver's licenses revealed also. Calling this close to lynching is definitely hyperbole, but it's also true that their identity and addresses were revealed and their lives are in eminent danger.

You have a reasonable take. (I'm still not sure my own position on this stuff.) I'm not pushing back on the idea that we can discuss the ethics here, only the extremely hyperbolic take of the OP.