…and at least in the case of Parler, those government IDs — including SSNs and DL numbers are (according to the website’s own disclosures, as of today) residing on servers owned and operated with affiliates of potential Russian state actors, as well as any other number of foreign powers…
…I thought I’d offer the boys of Powerlineblog some friendly, if unsolicited advice.
You’ve made a stupid error, in signing up for Gab. You’d be wise to avoid Parler. If you’ve already signed up to be verified, you should assume Vlad Putin himself can have all your details, and your SSN and Driver’s License — to impersonate you, on the dark web, or make deep fakes of you doing all sorts of… unsavory things.
Welcome to your “freedom-loving” web social services accounts.
If Gab never gets back online, morons like Hinderaker will be tempted to join Parler.
Even though I disagree vehemently with these Powerline guys, and they certainly deserve it as a matter of karma, for being so darn stupid, and hateful — I do not wish for a world where Russian intel agents begin releasing very plausible deep fake pee tapes, or worse, of old Hinderaker or Mirengoff.
Now… Heyward? That’s okay, by me.
Out.
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