Parler drops offline after Amazon pulls support

Re:Parler drops offline after Amazon pulls support by cipherboy on Monday January 11, 2021 @12:14PM (#25732045)

I believe OP is more insinuating that the combination of (ip, user identity {username, cell number, real-world identity}) is an attractive data source for such an agency.

Of course they already have all government IDs. But tying it to a username helps correlate data across other services, and additionally if the user checks from mobile phone or other device, tying it to recent IPs could also be useful. OPSec could prevent some of that, but how many users are doing that?

Just a thought. Not an endorsement.

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Re:Parler drops offline after Amazon pulls support by cogman10 on Monday January 11, 2021 @12:24PM (#25732239)

Seems like scaring away people by asking for cell numbers and photo ids goes too far. The IP address would give the FBI/NSA everything they need to track down an individual's household. After that, it'd be a simple case of monitoring them to figure out who the extremist is.

To me, the more realistic (and scary!) explanation is this thing is just one huge identity theft machine.

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