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(incompetence here) Maybe it's like discord, it does the same to display messages like "$username is playing terraria right now"

wwweston 5y ago
Discord leaks which apps you're using to other people?
- Osiris 5y ago
  It's a feature.
- dcdc123 5y ago
  Yeah, I highly recommend disabling it.
- egypturnash 5y ago
  So does Steam. It’s... a little creepier when it’s taken beyond “advertise which games you’re playing so your friends can potentially join you”, though.
  - delusional 5y ago
    Are you sure? I think steam only does it for programs launched through it.
  - spockz 5y ago
    Steam only does this when you launch an app through steam and only when it is enabled though. That is quite a difference from broadcasting the name of any binary it recognises.
- LegitShady 5y ago
  by default, even.
  - humaniania 5y ago
    That was the part that bothered me.
- nrabulinski 5y ago
  It “leaks” which apps you’re using if the developer explicitly talks to the discord client. Discord provides an SDK for game developers etc which can talk to discord client and show the game you’re playing and optionally let you invite people to your lobby straight from the discord chat. It doesn’t scan anything or open any processes, it just opens an IPC socket.
  - 908B64B197 5y ago
    There's even an Emacs mode for that! https://github.com/simmsb/discord-emacs.el https://github.com/simmsb/discord-emacs.el
  - vbernat 5y ago
    It also scans processes. Easy to check: run opensnoop.
  - voxic11 5y ago
    I think it does scan your processes. If I go to "User Settings " => "Activity Status" => "Not seeing your game? Add it!" => "Select" then I see many processes that almost certainly have no explicit discord integration. I believe they do this to allow the user to opt into showing their status based on running processes so that any application can be supported.
    - account42 5y ago
      Yeah, it scans processes but seems to limit sharing what you are running to what it thinks are games unless you explicitly add the application. Still, anyone concerned about privacy should really sandbox these proprietary applications or just use the web version.
- npteljes 5y ago
  Not leaks, proudly announces!

wwweston 5y ago

Discord leaks which apps you're using to other people?

Osiris 5y ago
It's a feature.
dcdc123 5y ago
Yeah, I highly recommend disabling it.
egypturnash 5y ago
So does Steam. It’s... a little creepier when it’s taken beyond “advertise which games you’re playing so your friends can potentially join you”, though.
- delusional 5y ago
  Are you sure? I think steam only does it for programs launched through it.
- spockz 5y ago
  Steam only does this when you launch an app through steam and only when it is enabled though. That is quite a difference from broadcasting the name of any binary it recognises.
LegitShady 5y ago
by default, even.
- humaniania 5y ago
  That was the part that bothered me.
nrabulinski 5y ago
It “leaks” which apps you’re using if the developer explicitly talks to the discord client. Discord provides an SDK for game developers etc which can talk to discord client and show the game you’re playing and optionally let you invite people to your lobby straight from the discord chat. It doesn’t scan anything or open any processes, it just opens an IPC socket.
- 908B64B197 5y ago
  There's even an Emacs mode for that! https://github.com/simmsb/discord-emacs.el https://github.com/simmsb/discord-emacs.el
- vbernat 5y ago
  It also scans processes. Easy to check: run opensnoop.
- voxic11 5y ago
  I think it does scan your processes. If I go to "User Settings " => "Activity Status" => "Not seeing your game? Add it!" => "Select" then I see many processes that almost certainly have no explicit discord integration. I believe they do this to allow the user to opt into showing their status based on running processes so that any application can be supported.
  - account42 5y ago
    Yeah, it scans processes but seems to limit sharing what you are running to what it thinks are games unless you explicitly add the application. Still, anyone concerned about privacy should really sandbox these proprietary applications or just use the web version.
npteljes 5y ago
Not leaks, proudly announces!