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submitted 5 months ago* (last edited 5 months ago) by EpicGamer@lemmy.world to c/privacy@lemmy.ml

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I tested out revolt and element. Out of the two element seems to be the most well rounded. What do you people use to replace discord to protect your privacy?

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[–] csm10495@sh.itjust.works 0 points 5 months ago (1 children)

How do we know that these solutions are more private than Discord?

Even if open source, how do we know the compiled version wasn't altered?

[–] legofreak@feddit.de 0 points 5 months ago

You can always compile from scratch, compare the checksums or use the version you compiled. In projects this large people usually do this, and there's a certain level of trust that these checks have been performed.

[–] Reverendender@sh.itjust.works 0 points 5 months ago (1 children)

What are the privacy issues with Discord? I honestly hate its format, but I need it for Midjourney.

[–] Jako301@feddit.de 0 points 5 months ago

To keep it short, there isn't really any privacy.

Servers are public and Private messages are stored without any envryption. If you delete your account then the messages stay and can still be found with your unique ID (just like Reddit). From what ive read Discord also stores your HWIDs and monitors your running processes (with a valid reason considering their game integration). Some say they only store that locally, others claim something else, haven't seen any proof for either side so far.

The problem really boils down to the fact that people treat discord as a private messenger instead of a public forum despite it clearly beeing the latter.

[–] Rose@lemmy.world -1 points 5 months ago

There is guilded.gg as well but I don't know if it's better for privacy.