Parler Accidentally Doxed Elite Members When Announcing Kanye West Takeover (fortune.com) 71
Parler was so excited to tell its users that the artist formerly known as Kanye West had decided to buy the social media network, it accidentally doxed all its members. Fortune reports: The platform has been embraced by conservatives who departed Twitter over allegations of political censorship, and West, a known lover of controversy, agreed to buy it earlier this week so those users could "freely express" themselves. But in an email announcing the rapper's involvement, the company publicly copied in 300-plus email addresses of its verified VIP members instead of blind copying, allowing their personal contact details to be visible to everyone else in the email chain.
The incident was revealed by newsletter writer Adam Ryan who shared screenshots of the original message from Parler about the "monumental new chapter," explaining that they expected the acquisition to be complete by the end of the year and describing their VIP members as "an invaluable part of the Parler family and experience." Ryan's screenshot also showed the blurred-out addresses of "gold-badged" members in the email chain who consist of "influencers, celebrities, journalists, media organizations, public officials, government entities, businesses, organizations, and nonprofits." Some of the well-known names in the email chain include Sen. Ted Cruz, former President Donald Trump, and Rep. Matt Gaetz.
Further reading: Ye's 'Buyout' Of Parler Looks Very Much Like A Failed Company Taking Advantage Of Troubled Rich Guy (Techdirt)
The incident was revealed by newsletter writer Adam Ryan who shared screenshots of the original message from Parler about the "monumental new chapter," explaining that they expected the acquisition to be complete by the end of the year and describing their VIP members as "an invaluable part of the Parler family and experience." Ryan's screenshot also showed the blurred-out addresses of "gold-badged" members in the email chain who consist of "influencers, celebrities, journalists, media organizations, public officials, government entities, businesses, organizations, and nonprofits." Some of the well-known names in the email chain include Sen. Ted Cruz, former President Donald Trump, and Rep. Matt Gaetz.
Further reading: Ye's 'Buyout' Of Parler Looks Very Much Like A Failed Company Taking Advantage Of Troubled Rich Guy (Techdirt)
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Re: PopeRatzo has been doxxed many times... (Score:2)
Twitter is for assholes who haven't been kicked off twitter.
Why propagate the trollage? (Score:1)
And that includes the propagation of the trollish Subject. Yours was the first comment in the threat that was actually displayed.
But the joke I am looking for in this discussion is something along the lines of "It couldn't happen to a nicer troll" regarding the censorship of his own critics that Musk will bring to Parler as soon as he owns it. I'm quite certain there will be a contest to see who's the first troll to piss him off to that level. As soon as the limit is discovered, they'll all pile on, too. (P
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No, someone's "feeling" that there really is a satanic pedophile child-sacrifice basement underneath a pizza shop does NOT have equal validity to the clear and obvious fact that there is not.
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Hot take: Narratives and opinions based on lies absolutely should be suppressed, just like they are in real-life conversation.
No, someone's "feeling" that there really is a satanic pedophile child-sacrifice basement underneath a pizza shop does NOT have equal validity to the clear and obvious fact that there is not.
I'm not even sure what the OP is trying to say. I mean, yes, there are words, but the message is wholly unclear.
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How do you know there is not? Because someone told you?
No, because you can't do *ANYTHING* in the basement of a building that doesn't have a basement.
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And is this child sex ring in the room with you right now? Could we talk to the child sex ring?
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Also comet pizza does have a basement. I have been there.
This seems a bit dubious. First of all, it's coming from a notorious, lying troll who used dozens or more usernames, many designed to trick people into thinking the post comes from another well known user. So that's always a strike against your credibility right from the start. Aside from that, what business would you have in the basement of a DC area pizzeria? Why would you be invited in there? Is this accessible to the public, in which case one wonders how it could be used for anything secret, or is it pr
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Nobody really believed that except some of the most-deranged Q fools. The idea was that pr0n smugglers were using pizza/cheese pizza as a euphamism for unsavory things to encode their own writing, not that there was an actual pizza parlor somewhere with a pr0n ring operating in the basement.
That anyone ran with the pizza parlor conspiracy shows that they were just plain stupid. Of course that's all we ever hear about now but oh well.
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How can we be sure that Misinformation on Slashdot is not a mass murdering pedo? We should continue with our life assuming that he is, just to be safe.
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Hot take: most social media censors are doing a poor job of deciding what is or isn't based on a lie.
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Lol, talking point #27B5: "Look, I'm just in the middle of things and don't care, I don't hate Ukraine I just think it's the libruhls who are most upset. I mean why all this Russia hate? If there's one thing that's not American it's hating Russia! These warmongers are trying to get us in a war!"
Sure, sure. You're just a reasonable person having reasonable opinions over here! Ahahaha.
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Lol, no nobody gives a shit about SlashDot, as I tell all the dorks claiming there are Microsoft shills running around. That's not what I'm saying, I'm saying you dweebs are smooth-brains who have been overwritten with talking points and are now convinced they are your own deeply held ideas.
Russia is our historic enemy, an authoritarian regime and avowed enemy of the US and our allies. Anyone fighting them would naturally earn our support, cheaper than doing it ourselves for sure.
But you chunguses (or is ig
Re: Allegations? (Score:4, Interesting)
I've been to Ukraine, it was a nice country before Russia decided it shouldn't be a country. It was slowly recovering from decades of Soviet corruption.
If Russia is not stopped in Ukraine, we can expect their behavior to continue. When asked who Ukrainians felt responsible for the invasion, the overwhelming answer was Russians, not Putin. The rot that began under Soviet times continues to eat Russia from within. And Russia won't stop at Ukraine if they are not stopped in Ukraine. But what do people of other nations matter to you, eh?
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When the Soviet Union fell in the late 80s and early 90s, what did most of the former USSR states do? They joined NATO. There was only a handful that didn't, including Belarus and Ukraine. Everyone else immediately went to apply for membership.
That should pretty much tell you everything you need to know - you would think thos
Re: Allegations? (Score:4, Interesting)
I've been to Ukraine, it was a nice country before Russia decided it shouldn't be country any longer. It was recovering from decades of Soviet corruption and mismanagement.
If you aren't willing to stop Russia in Ukraine, where are you willing to stop them. The Baltic countries and Eastern Europe were next on the list. And giving Russia a pass on Ukraine would only embolden that megalomaniac, Jinping, to take Taiwan. After we turn the world over to the authoritarian assholes, how long before the U.S. finds itself in an economic hole?
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Not your problem? Gas prices skyrocketing, global power shifting, China going bananas and alliances shifting does not affect you?
Care to tell me what planet you're living on, because I'd like to move there. This one is getting more and more stability issues as we speak.
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Just because human suffering is nothing you care about doesn't mean the rest of humanity is so insular. If the Great Putini was allowed to roll over Ukraine, the Baltic nations were next. After that, he'd be looking recapture Eastern Europe. His fellow traveler, Jinping, would have no problems screwing Taiwan into China's fold, regardless of how many Taiwanese he had to kill.
You think the world order is somehow going to smile on the U.S. economically after the dictators take it for themselves? So continue t
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It worked. Think about all the people now convinced that we have to defend Ukraine to the death even though they have never been there and will never go and cannot even identify it on a map. Every woke person has the Ukrainian flag along with their pronouns on their twitter bio just so everyone knows they support the new popular thing. Personally I could give a shit about Russia and Ukraine. That is their problem.
What we need to defend is a world order based on the idea that imperialist conquest is no longer acceptable. Way too much of it has been allowed to happen. That does not just go for Russia. There are too many countries occupying land that they don't have a right to except by force of arms. That goes for the US and its allies too. Guantanamo Bay, for example. Most Americans don't even seem to have a clue about the situation there, but the US has been illegally occupying that for decades based on legal theory
A shocking reveal! (Score:5, Funny)
Without this error, I bet no one would have even remotely suspected that Donald Trump, Ted Cruz, and Matt Gaetz were on Parler!
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Without this error, I bet no one would have even remotely suspected that Donald Trump, Ted Cruz, and Matt Gaetz were on Parler!
Do you know their private email addresses? It's not about knowing who is on Parler, but what their private email addresses are.
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You think they were stupid enough to use a mail address they actually use?
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Who, Trump? Easily, Yes.
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> Do you know their private email addresses?
Do you? Has there been a public release?
An email to their Gold Club members or whatever isn't a public release. Though some of those people could drop dox.
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Parler Accidentally Doxed Elite Members
... it accidentally doxed all its members.
All their members are "elite"?
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Parler Accidentally Doxed Elite Members ... it accidentally doxed all its members.
All their members are "elite"?
All 300 of them.
Not Doxxing. (Score:2)
Just stupidity. Again, the people behind this site don't have a clue how to manage security. Then again, I'm sure it probably isnt hard to find email addresses for celebrities and "famous people"
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Just stupidity. Again, the people behind this site don't have a clue how to manage security. Then again, I'm sure it probably isnt hard to find email addresses for celebrities and "famous people"
I imagine Rep. Matt Gaetz. has probably obfuscated his info for some of his other [seventeen.com] subscriptions/memberships ...
Can I get those addresses? (Score:2)
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> former President Donald Trump...could really use some "Herbal Viagra."
How do you think he got orange?
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Makes me think of the movie Soul Man. Interesting that the entire concept in the Soul Man movie seems like wrongthink in 2022 (probably was in 1986 too).
On brand (Score:4, Insightful)
This is exactly on-brand for Parler: perfectly incompetently run by people who don't seem to understand how to computer.
What a joke.
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And the doxxing couldn't have happened to a more deserving group.
All 12 users have been informed about the incident (Score:2)
What an incident!
Quoth Nelson Muntz (Score:2)
Ha ha!
/. are you trying to make the few people left (Score:1)
leave? This is some of the most offensively stupid shit /. has done in DECADES. [imgur.com]
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Relax already. Learn how to NoScript. Most of this site works fine without any scripts enabled.
Yenius (Score:2)
Can't wait for this total yenius to start dropping his yenius takes on his new platform, such as .
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Apparently some conservatives got mod-points by accident.
FYI: This is a solid research result. There is no margin for errors anymore. Conservatives are significantly dumber than normal people.
Stop cheapening actual "doxing" ... (Score:2)
... by using that term incorrectly. I don't care if it gets you fewer clicks to say "data breach" in the headline, editors. Do it anyway, because it's the right thing to do.
Actual doxing is done with intent, i.e.: "for reasons such as online shaming, extortion, and vigilante aid to law enforcement" [wikipedia.org]. There's no such thing as "accidental doxing," just like there's no such thing as "accidental murder" - courts, journalists, and most people recognize the difference between murder and involuntary manslaughter. U
Re: Stop cheapening actual "doxing" ... (Score:2)
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tenant farmers association have nothing to do with the word doxing, though ive seen this general slide in meaning before in "trolling", that used to mean something more specific than its current meaning of just "someone griefing someone"
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Yetard needs to find a better hobby. (Score:1)
Re: Yetard needs to find a better hobby. (Score:2)
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i cant believe he isnt nationally lambasted for talking like a moron
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'elite ' and Parler? (Score:2)
Those two things go together as well as matter and antimatter.
"The Artist formerly known as Kanye West" (Score:2)
So nobody knows him as Kanye West now? More like "the artist never to be known as Ye."
Didn't work for Prince. Won't work for an assclown. Or Facebook.