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Related: Editorials & Other Articles, Issue Forums, Alliance Forums, Region ForumsI went to Parler to check out the claims about requiring a ss number
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to sign up. Right away I found this in their 'terms of service'.
Privacy Policy
Parler
7/23/2020
Parler, LLC and its affiliates (Company, we, our, and/or us) value the privacy of
individuals who use our social news application, website, and related services (collectively, our
Services). This privacy policy (the Privacy Policy) explains how we collect, use, and share
information from users of our Services (Users, you, and/or your) to facilitate your
commenting, social news, and influencer networking experience. By using our Services, you
agree to the collection, use, disclosure, and procedures this Privacy Policy describes. Beyond
the Privacy Policy, your use of our Services is also subject to our User Agreement
https://legal.parler.com/documents/useragreement.pdf
We process and store your information in the U.S. We do not sell your information to third
parties or share your information with foreign governments except in the limited circumstances
described in this Privacy Policy (see How We Share the Information We Collect below for
more detail).
Information We Collect
We may collect a variety of information from or about you or your devices from various
sources, as described below.
A. Information You Provide to Us.
Registration and Profile Information. When you sign up for an account, we may collect
information such as your name, email address, username, and profile photo.
Influencer Network Information. If you choose to join our influencer network, we may ask for
information that can be used to verify your identity, such as a copy of your government-issued
photo identification, and information that can be used to facilitate the redemption of virtual
items or payments, such as your Social Security number (SSN) or your tax identification number.
We delete your government-issued photo identification information when it is no longer
necessary to verify your identity.
User Content. We collect any information you choose to provide on our Services, such as posts,
photos, videos, gifs, comments, votes, and echoes.
(Bolding is mine)
So yes.... Many Parler members SS numbers and IDs probably where compromised if they chose to join the 'Influencer Network'. And what self respecting fascist and Trumpazoid wouldn't want to join such a fancy, powerful sounding network?
Tots and Pears idiots...
Edited to add: Any doubt that the Trumpazoids have about the security of Parler MUST be exploited. Their ingrained paranoia will be their downfall when all is said and done.
Sow the fields folks.....plant the doubt.
Peace.
patricia92243
(12,595 posts)Yavin4
(35,437 posts)jmbar2
(4,874 posts)How easy would it be for fraudsters to hoodwink MAGAts? Embarrassingly easy.
The red half of our nation appears to exist on the left side of the distribution curve.
revmclaren
(2,516 posts)to be educated.
Sometimes, even I am amazed.
Yavin4
(35,437 posts)their hard earned money to any right wing grifter, megachurches, Trump, right wing websites, etc. that comes along.
At least with taxes they would get actual services that could save their miserable lives.
jmbar2
(4,874 posts)mr_lebowski
(33,643 posts)so they ostensibly need it for tax purposes. And that info would almost certainly be kept entirely separate from the operation of the site itself. The 'accounting' server, not 'the web server', the latter of which was compromised.
I mean it's POSSIBLE they flubbed that up and actually kept the SSN's on the same database server as the one that drives the site, but that would be so egregiously wrong of a thing to do it's almost unfathomable. Exposing these credentials was a screw-up but would involve one tiny mistake. It's not a massive architectural flaw like storing such data on the wrong server.
And I'm pretty sure you can't just up and decide to 'be an influencer' and start getting paid by the site. You need to show you have bona-fides like 10,000 twitter followers or some shit like that.
revmclaren
(2,516 posts)But it doesn't really matter. Distrust is ingrained in these Yahoo's. Many will no longer trust the site.
This is a good thing.
mr_lebowski
(33,643 posts)It's that they accidentally exposed the credentials to the site's database via a public API where anyone could get to it.
But the database that drives the site would be (or most definitely should be) different from the accounting database that would have personal info. It's like 'design 101'. Doubt they flubbed that up.
And having the site's DB credentials doesn't (or should not) give you any insights into the accounting DB's credentials.
Gore1FL
(21,128 posts)RussBLib
(9,006 posts)dumb conservatives fall for it every time
revmclaren
(2,516 posts)Chainfire
(17,532 posts)To make gathering information on which wingnuts need to be watched more carefully.
That is a message I would like to see spread among the users of the site.
revmclaren
(2,516 posts)Paranoia is a built in trigger for the Clue-Less-Klan.
mr_lebowski
(33,643 posts)Its pretty obvious when you think about it
Mike 03
(16,616 posts)White Supremacists."
FM123
(10,053 posts)Mike 03
(16,616 posts)Response to revmclaren (Original post)
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beachbumbob
(9,263 posts)Bernardo de La Paz
(48,999 posts)Vinca
(50,269 posts)ET Awful
(24,753 posts)until the election went against them. Remember the proven issued with Deibold machines?
usaf-vet
(6,181 posts)I waiting for the day that they all become irrelevant in a normalized world.
And tRump is like a bad bad nightmare that is soon forgotten.
bringthePaine
(1,728 posts)safeinOhio
(32,674 posts)trust the plan and do the research.
Vinca
(50,269 posts)of their identities? Easiest grift in the history of grifts.
Chakaconcarne
(2,446 posts)can turn over to China who will be selling their IP addresses and other personal to a Hunter Biden lead group of identity thieves and hackers.
Can't say whether it's true or not though, but I'm guessing it surely is.
roamer65
(36,745 posts)Captain Zero
(6,805 posts)LifeLock Memberships soon with every sign up on their site. Really.
mathematic
(1,439 posts)If you choose to join our influencer network, we may ask for
information that can be used to verify your identity, such as a copy of your government-issued
photo identification, and information that can be used to facilitate the redemption of virtual
items or payments, such as your Social Security number (SSN) or your tax identification number.
They collect that information from influencers only, not regular users, and so that they can handle payments. The pdf you link says it's for tax purposes and that they may file forms with the IRS.
pnwmom
(108,977 posts)but choosing not to highlight part of that sentence was valid decision. Many people who decide to become "influencers" because they're deluded enough to think that sounds good, won't be aware of the the ramifications.
revmclaren
(2,516 posts)Who among the trumpers could resist the power to be an influencer.
Bit of nitpicking to worry about what is highlighted in Parlor and what it will mean to the Trumpsheeple.
Why so concerned? It's all good. Right?
flibbitygiblets
(7,220 posts)SayItLoud
(1,702 posts)Gore1FL
(21,128 posts)But the owners of the site have plenty of data to mine.
JPbelgium
(89 posts)roamer65
(36,745 posts)DFW
(54,365 posts)Give us your social security number and photo ID. While you're at it, why not give us your credit cards with expiration dates and security codes, and your bank account info including passwords. Make us your sole beneficiaries of your will, too, if you think of it.
We promise that we will not make use of your information anywhere in the United States, except during months whose names end in "ber" or with the letter "y." This promise is not valid in the Cayman Islands, the Netherlands Antilles, the Grand Duchy of Luxembourg, the Principality of Liechtenstein, or the Principality of Monte Carlo (c'est le français que vous ameriez PARLER pas hasard?)
paleotn
(17,911 posts)They're being bent over and aren't smart enough to know it.
llashram
(6,265 posts)in this electronic era. If the idiots do it, they voted for trump and deserve everything they get
BobTheSubgenius
(11,563 posts)As did the broad strokes, when that was all I knew about the site. I think the phrase "slightest chance" comes woefully short of my chances of ever ending up there.
Hekate
(90,656 posts)His career in computers extends back 40 years; post-retirement he got a job as a data base administrator. So there you have it: OMG!! is a professional opinion. Hackable, amazingly hackable.
CanonRay
(14,101 posts)C' mon, who's surprised
BobTheSubgenius
(11,563 posts)...it would be hard to convince them that they'd been scammed.