In my original post I didn't want to use the word "hacker" to mean "breaker-into of systems" while posting on a site called Hacker News.
But my point wasn't that people can't have their credentials revoked for doing bad things, my point was that if actual security researchers -- say, a team from some university or prominent firm -- had done this, we would be having a very different conversation right now. We might stop calling them researchers next week, but history matters.
As far as I can tell, the people who broke into Parler are not far beyond script kiddies, if at all.
But my point wasn't that people can't have their credentials revoked for doing bad things, my point was that if actual security researchers -- say, a team from some university or prominent firm -- had done this, we would be having a very different conversation right now. We might stop calling them researchers next week, but history matters.
As far as I can tell, the people who broke into Parler are not far beyond script kiddies, if at all.