▲ 1290 ▼ Please don't use Discord for FOSS projects (drewdevault.com) submitted 2 years ago by starman@programming.dev to c/opensource@lemmy.ml 399 comments fedilink hide all child comments
[–] Dragon_Titan@lemmy.world 29 points 2 years ago (3 children) Discord can and sometimes does monitor your chats. Source: CEO himself said that, in a hearing permalink fedilink source parent hideshow 6 child comments replies: [–] Starmina@lemm.ee 11 points 2 years ago Also a large portion is owned by Tencent with whom Discord is allowed to share all the data they want according to their ToS. https://github.com/privy-cafe/discordspyware/blob/master/README.md permalink fedilink source parent [–] mellowheat@suppo.fi 3 points 2 years ago* (1 child) Discord can Well that's pretty obvious. and sometimes does monitor your chats. Probably, although why would they? More likely they'll just data mine everything an sell it on for AI learning program to nom nom on. permalink fedilink source parent hideshow 2 child comments replies: [–] Zak@lemmy.world 6 points 2 years ago why would they? People use it for things like planning terrorism, child enticement, and sharing CSAM. Discord probably wants to ban those people, and maybe aid in their prosecution. Of course if you're sharing something that's actually private, Discord is a poor choice. So is email or DMs on Lemmy where the server admin could read the content. permalink fedilink source parent [–] Caligvla@lemmy.dbzer0.com -1 points 2 years ago ? Good to know, I guess? permalink fedilink source parent
[–] Starmina@lemm.ee 11 points 2 years ago Also a large portion is owned by Tencent with whom Discord is allowed to share all the data they want according to their ToS. https://github.com/privy-cafe/discordspyware/blob/master/README.md permalink fedilink source parent
[–] mellowheat@suppo.fi 3 points 2 years ago* (1 child) Discord can Well that's pretty obvious. and sometimes does monitor your chats. Probably, although why would they? More likely they'll just data mine everything an sell it on for AI learning program to nom nom on. permalink fedilink source parent hideshow 2 child comments replies: [–] Zak@lemmy.world 6 points 2 years ago why would they? People use it for things like planning terrorism, child enticement, and sharing CSAM. Discord probably wants to ban those people, and maybe aid in their prosecution. Of course if you're sharing something that's actually private, Discord is a poor choice. So is email or DMs on Lemmy where the server admin could read the content. permalink fedilink source parent
[–] Zak@lemmy.world 6 points 2 years ago why would they? People use it for things like planning terrorism, child enticement, and sharing CSAM. Discord probably wants to ban those people, and maybe aid in their prosecution. Of course if you're sharing something that's actually private, Discord is a poor choice. So is email or DMs on Lemmy where the server admin could read the content. permalink fedilink source parent
[–] Caligvla@lemmy.dbzer0.com -1 points 2 years ago ? Good to know, I guess? permalink fedilink source parent