Discord defends itself against efforts to stop piracy on its platform by saying no to more invasive data collection. Even though Discord isn’t exactly known for privacy, this is a great move for its users. What are your thoughts?

  • @[email protected]
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    52 months ago

    Why?

    Why is channel history needed for new users?

    Back in the IRC days you joined a channel that was just empty, if you wanted the history you had to run an IRC client continously, I remember running screen irssi on a separate computer and sshing into the server, reconnecting the screen with irssi in it.

    If you want the history automatically, you can’t expect privacy.

    • @[email protected]
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      312 months ago

      90% of the reason I even have discord is because people much smarter than me use it to share information. Nobody uses other areas suited for sharing information anymore. It’s either Reddit or discord.

    • @JustARaccoon
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      212 months ago

      Because a lot of people go to discord servers to access existing information?

      • @[email protected]
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        72 months ago

        Far more than should tbh. Too many little game mods will have a Discord for questions and reporting issues rather than using their GitHub or a forum.

        • @JustARaccoon
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          82 months ago

          Oh I agree, it’s very much a “forcing a round peg into a square hole” situation, but I doubt discord will make any changes to push back against it

          • @[email protected]
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            12 months ago

            Oh I don’t think it’s a problem for Discord, but when it comes to software projects specifically I find the reliance on Discord frustrating because of its non-public orientation. If I’m having an issue I’d far rather search for a solution on a public wiki, bug report system, or forum than sign up for one more Discord server.

            • @JustARaccoon
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              12 months ago

              Because now you’re using discord for more things? You’re giving them more data? What’s not to like

              • @[email protected]
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                22 months ago

                Doubt that they are scrapping the data themselves at this point in time. They care more about the user count as their major revenue seems focused on selling nitro and whatever shit they are putting up in their shop. Not in anyway saying that it is secure obviously and they might choose to sell data like reddit but gotta sick with the more plausible scenarios.

                • @JustARaccoon
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                  12 months ago

                  Well who knows, they do offer AI summaries now so they’re at least using the data for something,who says they won’t use it for other things in the future

    • @GamingChairModel
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      62 months ago

      At the same time, expecting privacy in a room where a bunch of strangers hang out is already unreasonable. If everyone already in the channel can log the chats, for example by idling in the channel, then adding E2E on top of that is probably a false sense of security.

    • @[email protected]
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      52 months ago

      I remember running screen irssi on a separate computer and sshing into the server, reconnecting the screen with irssi in it.

      I still do that today.

    • @[email protected]
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      32 months ago

      If you want the history automatically, you can’t expect privacy.

      That’s not true, you can pull the history from other users who happen to be online.

      • Aatube
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        22 months ago

        The feds can also pull such history when they join the server

        • @[email protected]
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          12 months ago

          Sure, and the users of the channel could decide whether to share that history with new users or not. My point is that if you don’t have messages on the server, the service can’t help here, and it’s up to the users of the channel to set their own policies. If the data is stored on the server, the service could be legally obligated to provide that data.

    • @[email protected]
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      22 months ago

      I have an issue with something I’m using and there is a discord server I will join it. I then search my issue and its usually been adressed in the past. Without history I would be forced to ask the question that has probably been answered many times in the past.