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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?

UnfortunateShort ,

You can use it in a browser or opt for WebCord.

Note that any text send to discord currently stays there forever. I don't know when, but you can bet your ass they will be investigated for a violation of the GDPR, which hopefully stops that for good.

JustMarkov ,

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    UnfortunateShort ,

    I heard the messages even stay when you delete them. At least people claimed they could recover then, don't know whether that's actually true.

    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.

    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

    mp3 ,
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    Always consider what you say on Discord as potentially public, since there is no E2EE.

    autonomoususer , (edited )

    Worse, anti-libre software, Discord, bans us from proving it's claims, if it ever claims privacy, security, anything.

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