It's also likely doing this as screwed up active investigations. Someone might have felt safe "deleting" messages on Parlor. Now that this is public, they're going to burn everything connected to it and it may ruin ongoing investigations. There's a reason Twitter keeps a lot of accounts active, they act as honey pots for law enforcement who can watch them.
These hackers aren't the heroes they pretend to be.
> Now that this is public, they're going to burn everything connected to it and it may ruin ongoing investigations.
There is no way a non-tech savvy person can foil the federal government agency in this way - an agency which will likely have all the logs from Amazon (in addition to the data dump from this particular hack, and cached data from Parler follower's devices which will be duly imaged). In reality, any such amateur cleanup activity will be brought forward as further evidence of guilt (or as an additional charge).
I am tech savvy, and I am not foolish enough to think can possibly hide information from a nation-state, should one choose to turn it's Sauron's-eye-like gaze on me. Hell, I don't even stand a chance against a VC-funded security firm with <10 people that's worth its salt.
Apparently Parler collects phone numbers and scans of government-issued ID. I suspect most people in a Western country would find it difficult to "burn" their legal name and birthdate.
Really? Parler requires an image of an ID? I've heard this claim elsewhere but I just assumed it was misinformation. I can't imagine so many people sending in photos of their ID to have access to Parler. Even the ones who didn't know that openly planning murders is wrong there are many users who would know to hide their identity, right?
I've never used Parler but credible articles I've seen claimed that you could create an account and read/follow without uploading your ID, but you had to provide ID in order to be "verified" and allowed to post/share photos and video (and maybe text? Not sure on that).
These hackers aren't the heroes they pretend to be.