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Using Discord in a private way?

Hi all,

I haven't used Discord in a while, but it became so that now I have to use it for communication with certain people getting support for some services that I use. What I'm doing currently is:

  • using a separate randomised e-mail address only for the Discord account
  • using a randomly generated username
  • no profile picture
  • tweaking the settings as best I can for privacy

Other than these points, I'm also being wary of talking about anything personal on Discord. Would you add anything so I can be even safer when using Discord?

breadsmasher ,
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If youre just talking to friends directly without joining servers so this might not matter. But discord might require a phone number for verification? Im not sure what triggers it specifically- I dont think its required just for an account though

variants ,

It depends on the server. Most servers set it to require an email verified account because of all the bots and spammers, I haven't joined any that required a phone number but might if they support a product and want to link your discord to their orders or something

sic_semper_tyrannis ,

Did you sign up with a VPN turned on? Are you always using a VPN and private DNS? You could also use a voice changer.

inlandempire ,
@inlandempire@jlai.lu avatar

No way when this https://lifehacker.com/tech/discord-data-sold-to-ai-and-law-enforcement and this https://spy.pet/ exist

GolfNovemberUniform ,
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Discord doesn't have encryption and, according to the terms of service, can read your messages. If you care about privacy, I definitely would not recommend using it for private conversations, especially after recent rumors about adding ads. I think they won't lose the opportunity to use your DMs for it

tobogganablaze ,

You forgot the VPN.

just_another_person ,

Nope

Harvest5634 ,

Use any matrix client unstead.

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