Security News > 2021 > January > Researcher Builds Parler Archive Amid Amazon Suspension

These posts reportedly included Parler video URLs made up of raw video files with associated embedded metadata - and precise GPS coordinates of where the videos were taken, sparking privacy concerns about the service's data collection.

Amazon reportedly informed Parler it was removing it from its web hosting service on Sunday night, essentially stripping it of the infrastructure it relies on to operate.

With Sunday's news of Amazon stripping Parler from its web hosting service, she ramped up her efforts, saying on Twitter she was crawling 1.1 million Parler video URLs and calling for others to join in on the effort.

Threatpost has reached out to Parler for further commentary and has not yet heard back.

"There might be legal impact for particular Parler users, but there's also an increased privacy and security risk," security professional John Opdenakker told Threatpost.

"Because of the location data and other data that now becomes easily retrievable about Parler users, it's simple to identify, locate them and reconstruct their whereabouts. This particular information could also be abused, for instance in online attacks against Parler users."

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