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?

  • stoy@lemmy.zip
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    10 hours 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.

    • sugar_in_your_tea@sh.itjust.works
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      12 minutes 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.

    • GamingChairModel@lemmy.world
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      25 minutes 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.

      • stoy@lemmy.zip
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        6 hours ago

        That is a good point, I have never done that, and to me it is just a chat system…

    • vithigar@lemmy.ca
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      5 hours 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.

    • Chadus_Maximus@lemm.ee
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      9 hours 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.

      • stoy@lemmy.zip
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        8 hours ago

        Insults, very compelling argument!

        Go back to Reddit with that shit!