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brooklynite

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6. NO IT DID NOT...

Reply to Marius25 (Original post)

Wed Nov 25, 2020, 11:41 AM

Nov 2020

Please don't base your responses on what another anonymous blogger writes.

PARLER users were NOT required to provide SSNs (I have an account, it only required a name and email address). The data breach had to do with Parler INFLUENCERS (the equivalent of Twitter "Verified Accounts".).

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Parler was hacked, and members gave at least partial social security numbers. [View all] Marius25 Nov 2020 OP

They gave their SSNs to a chat site? How stupid are these people!? Liberal In Texas Nov 2020 #1

Isn't this unbelievable. Some brilliant DUer yesterday commented that these Mike 03 Nov 2020 #2

Here is my SSN#! imanamerican63 Nov 2020 #3

... Mike 03 Nov 2020 #4

I joined just to check it out.... leftofthestorm Nov 2020 #5

NO IT DID NOT... brooklynite Nov 2020 #6

That's apparently still a lot of idiots Mike 03 Nov 2020 #8

That would make the Influencers even dumber than MontanaMama Nov 2020 #10

That's even better because it's their most influential users and probably some politicians too. TheBlackAdder Nov 2020 #9

Sounds like Parler was created by the "Alternate Deep State". Siwsan Nov 2020 #7

Parler didn't ask for a soc sec from me. (Wouldn't have given it, of course.) nt LAS14 Nov 2020 #11