Really annoying!

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    Source? The only record of data being sold I remember is some 3rd-party that scraped public servers.

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      Per their privacy policy they collect

      Content you create. This includes any content that you upload to the service. For example, you may write messages or posts (including drafts), send voice messages, create custom emojis, or post other content that you create with features that we develop. You may also upload and share files through the services.

      Thats what they collect(so not the calls apparently my bad). In regards to how they use it, they mention advertisement stuff and the usual vague language of “improve our services” and “personalization”. The AI stuff is supposedly opt in, but they collect the data and they are subject to US subpoenas so all bets are off anyways.

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        I’m not saying it’s a perfect service, I’d rather all private messages be E2E encrypted, but there’s no evidence Discord themselves have ever sold any data, so I don’t understand why we are making crazy claims when them collecting data is a privacy issue enough on it’s own.

        Calls recently got encryption, so while Discord is as popular as it is, we can only hope they keep expanding encryption into other areas.

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          As much as I would love it I don’t think we are gonna see more encryption in the discord ecosystem. I am convinced that discord was not recording calls prior to introducing e2ee since they were peer to peer so they are not giving up any data in adding it

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            It would be absurd to record calls, the expense of it isnt worth it.

            I doubt it too, but it’s okay, I mostly use it for calls anyway. The messages are just organising times.

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          there’s no evidence Discord themselves have ever sold any data

          Even if that were true, thats not how things work in the real world. If you cant mathematically prove that you dont have access to the data, then you arent trustworthy.

          Calls recently got encryption

          Says who? Discord themselves? Did the publish the code?

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            Can you provide a source then if it isn’t true? I am genuinely curious.

            And yes, they did publish the code for their e2ee protocol.

            The whole internet is the same, unless you are running all your own built software that you can vet, you are just putting faith in what a company/individual is telling you. If you want to use the internet, there’s always the inherent risk your data is being collected and sold without you knowing.

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        The data collected sounds like a nothing-burger. Of course they collect the data you upload, and of course they store data (like messages) that need to continue to be networked to clients.

        How they use the data does sound like corporate trash though.