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Discord has done some shady stuff for quite some time. https://www.reddit.com/r/privacy/comments/coo3h6/discord_uses_ptrace_wildly/ https://www.reddit.com/r/pr

• speedgoose 5y ago
  I use Discord in a web browser for these reasons. The web sandbox has benefits.
  • rchaud 5y ago
    Does the web version work on mobile? I recall Slack's web app working on my tablet, but I think they may have disabled that now.
• ohgodplsno 5y ago
  Discord enumerates processes to discover OBS to turn on streamer mode, as well as being able to display what game you're playing. Disable the "share my current game" feature and there is no longer any ptracing
  • saladuh 5y ago
    Are you absolutely sure that's the case? The OP in that reddit post seemed to suggest that he had toggled off game detection and whatnot. Scroll down to the thread where the deleted comments are.
  • dancemethis 5y ago
    It's proprietary software. You can't prove it goes off. And there's both history and evidence that things are going against user privacy.