Parler drops offline after Amazon pulls support

Re:Parler drops offline after Amazon pulls support by mlyle on Monday January 11, 2021 @12:20PM (#25732163)

I don't think it's true, but..

> Do you really think the best way for a government agency to access government IDs is to secretly run a Twitter clone?

The best way to get a bunch of white supremacists and insurrectionists to robustly, undeniably identify themselves might be to ask them to upload their ID. :P

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Re:Parler drops offline after Amazon pulls support by cbozeman on Monday January 11, 2021 @01:12PM (#25733138)

This is so elegant in its simplicity that I actually believe it could be true.

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Re:Parler drops offline after Amazon pulls support by dstick on Monday January 11, 2021 @01:31PM (#25733533)

Exactly, they take over darkweb marketplaces silently all the time for this very reason.

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Re:Parler drops offline after Amazon pulls support by matwood on Monday January 11, 2021 @01:53PM (#25734142)

Yeah, early on I half joked Parler was setup by the FBI as a honey pot to keep an eye on domestic terrorist.

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Re:Parler drops offline after Amazon pulls support by cabalamat on Monday January 11, 2021 @11:56PM (#25742478)

I think it's more likely the NSA would do it, it's more up their street.

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