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• You should never use Discord..

  NeoMetallix > 12-31-2021, 01:12 PM

  
  

  1. Issue 1 : Centralization & Trust - Discord's initial idea was a program called Openfeint / Aurora Feint. Their founder is Citron (also founder of Discord). Red flags start with the fact that it was sold to a Japanese company for 104 million USD. Followed by multiple lawsuits by it's users for selling all their data to a third party without any prior notice, violating their own policy. Openfeint was accused of monitoring, accessing and manipulating sensitive user data (such as dm's, FB, &twitter profiles, browser history, GPS location, ...) This was all done in a way to bypass certain laws and barriers - Sketchy business model : There is no way the freemium nitro barriers keep discord from going under, Discord's entire hope is that eventually it will be bought out by a tech giant (like openfeint). Discord is heavily dependent on venture capitalist funding (which is an extremely unstable model). Supposedly there are still talks with Microsoft, while Sony has already bought out a significant but still minority stake in Discord. When it is eventually bought out, the tech giant does not value you or your privacy any more than Discord does right now. It is most likely that like previously that the founder will once again run away with the sack of cash like he did with Openfeint. Issue 2 : Privacy & Safety The fact is that Discord collects everything you do inside (and sometimes outside) the program, this includes all your messages sent, calls made, servers left or joined blablabla. Everything is logged and sent to their servers. Things tracked outside the program include : programs you run and other system specific information that can identify your hardware (such as your HWID's) Discord does not have E2E encryption, and refused to implement it. (side note: there are third party E2E plugins, but they are unreliable)
     
  2. Think of when (not if) the next data breach happens, all your info is just sitting on their servers UNENCRYPTED up for grabs. All it takes is 1 breach to make every message you ever sent public information. Discord has these toggles in the privacy sections that gives you the illusion of privacy. You continue to keep sending data even if they're toggled off. Discord just then stops processing it as soon as they've received it, so it's essentially just useless. There is also no guarantee that discord even follows this promise. Under GDPR companies are required to honor your Article 17 right that gives you "the right to be forgotten". Discord literally refuses to follow this law, they never delete your data when you delete / disable your account. If you send them an e-mail asking them to, they'll delete your account but keep the data. There is no way to mass-delete your own messages, self-bots are detected and will just get you banned. Discord is in complete violation of almost all GDPR laws here. Even FACEBOOK, arguably one of the shittiest companies on earth allows you to do this. Discord is a data hungry company that gives 0 shits about your privacy, security or anonymity. Nothing is safe, everything is logged and not a single thing is encrypted besides your password.
     
  3. Openfeint CAL: https://www.courthousenews.com/gamers-sa...-them-out/ Discord Insiders: https://techcrunch.com/2017/06/07/discord/ Discord Data: https://www.reddit.com/r/privacy/comment..._after_35/ Telemetry Routes: https://luna.gitlab.io/discord-unofficia...ience.html GDPR Requests: https://www.reddit.com/r/discordapp/comm...f/f1ev4h3/ Trust & Safety Scandal: https://discord.news/trust-and-scam/ Discord Data Thieves: https://www.forbes.com/sites/thomasbrews...stigators/ Discord Corruption: https://www.newsweek.com/discord-furries...es-1323099
     

  
  
  
  Just food for thought. We have a discord server, not exactly something I like using but it has more users than typical forums do.

• RE: You should never use Discord..

  Heatman > 03-13-2024, 12:36 AM

  I only make use of discord for my personal chatting with my friends and those I work for that's it. I don't run a channel or server which might be a serious concern because the company can decide to pull the plug anytime which will ruin your project. It's like those hosting forums on a discord server, it's not advisable in my opinion.
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