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?

      • Aatube@kbin.melroy.org
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        4 hours ago

        They do have to retrieve old messages when new users join though. I’m sure the government can force them to lett them in a server and unlock the roles

        • stoy@lemmy.zip
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          27 minutes 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.

          • Chadus_Maximus@lemm.ee
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            9 minutes 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.