eeqrhty wrote on January 19, 2021 at 4:29 AM (edited on January 19, 2021 at 4:30 AM)

Sounds like better news for the users privacy than US hosting.

Quoted in the article:

Raise your hand if you understand the very significant impact this has on the ability to surveil and target insurrectionists who organize on Parler.

— Chris Vickery (@VickerySec)

I'd rather be spied on by Russia than the US government for sure. Russia has no interest in oppressing me and they're on the other side of the globe. I guess the worst thing Russia might want to do with the info is influence me with targeted political ads or something.

riddler wrote on January 20, 2021 at 7:27 PM

While I generally agree, I think the problem with that theory is the three letter agencies are allowed to operate with impunity outside of the U.S. They may be operating with impunity inside the U.S. already, but they are violating the law by doing so. Either way, real news about the world is about to become a whole lot more sparse than a few years ago.

eeqrhty wrote on January 20, 2021 at 10:05 PM

They can get a court order to collect user data for servers in the US, and for Parler I'm sure that has already happened. Though I wouldn't be surprised if Parler is a honeypot anyways. It's suspicious that they ask their users for personal information.

riddler wrote on January 20, 2021 at 10:34 PM

I agree. I've always thought it was a honeypot as well, so I never dug to deep into it. Given the rumors that the site's information was compromised, I'll never attempt to use it either.