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Ripcord is written in a memory-unsafe language and deals with media codecs. It's not necessarily safe.

• jcelerier 6y ago
  I did not intend to imply that it is. But on one hand we have an app made by a company valued at 2 billion $, with hundred of millions of $ in funding, made with a tech stack that is sold as the best thing since sliced bread, and on the other we have a one-person-show coding an app in C++/Qt in their free time, which is also compatible with Slack, much faster than the official Discord client, and which does not seem to have any CVEs reported against it (yet, of course, but still :-)). At some point the supposed amazing development efficiency of the web stack ought to be put in that perspective.
  • superkuh 6y ago
    Even if Ripcord is "safe" it is not safe to use. Discord will ban Ripcord, and Ripcord users, if it ever gets popular. They've already said that Ripcord is a violation of the terms of service. They've banned third party before and will again. > All 3rd party apps or client modifiers are against our ToS, and the use of them can result in your account being disabled. I don't recommend using them. - https://mobile.twitter.com/discord/status/1229357198918197248 https://mobile.twitter.com/discord/status/122935719891819724... They make their money by selling their users and they can't do that if they allow other clients. So they have their policy of not allowing it and banning all third party. Of course they only act when it begins to effect their money. So for now ripcord is usable.
    • Hawxy 6y ago
      > They make their money by selling their users and they can't do that if they allow other clients. If you're gonna continue with this anti-discord narrative you've built for yourself, at least don't base it on conspiracy nonsense: https://news.ycombinator.com/item?id=24831588 https://news.ycombinator.com/item?id=24831588
• dancemethis 6y ago
  Discord is unsafe for quite a bunch of reasons, but they keep a lot of memory for personal user data!