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?

  • sugar_in_your_tea@sh.itjust.works
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    28 days ago

    Sync from another online user. If each message is signed by the author, there’s a built-in protection against tampering.

    It’s really not hard, they just have to care enough to build it that way.

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        28 days ago

        Sure, if they’re granted access to the channel. But that access would come from users of the channel, not the service itself, and if the service doesn’t store the keys (i.e. you need at least one user online to get access), the service can’t really help the feds.

        And whether to provide access to history for new users can absolutely be a setting on the channel. I’m just saying that having the messages only on the clients doesn’t preclude sharing those messages with a newcomer.