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Telegram I can understand, but discord is a centralized platform that doesn't encrypt your messages. I'm astounded the authorities don't have a direct ability

Telegram I can understand, but discord is a centralized platform that doesn't encrypt your messages. I'm astounded the authorities don't have a direct ability to just search their database at this point.

anonporridge 4y ago
I'm sure they do, but the shear amount of data surely must make it incredibly difficult to accurately detect. And worse, being a platform for gamers, the conversation of real world criminals might be very difficult to differentiate from regular gamer talk. Just think how many groups are constantly chatting about GTA V. They're literally talking about the crimes they're committing (in the game world). Discord might actually be the perfect place for criminals to hide their conversations in plain sight.
- littlestymaar 4y ago
  > I'm sure they do, but the shear amount of data surely must make it incredibly difficult to accurately detect. Except once you get one person who belong to such a group (by any conventional means) or even have one informant, then you can see where they hang out on discord (and there won't be a million of channels to scan) and now you have access to a nice topology of discord use for organized crime.
- brandall10 4y ago
  How do the people interested in this type of mayhem find it? If it's out in the relative open, it shouldn't be hard to find for someone that is motivated.
- gruez 4y ago
  There's even a page for this on kym, although not with "GTA V": https://knowyourmeme.com/memes/in-minecraft https://knowyourmeme.com/memes/in-minecraft
brnt 4y ago
Telegram doesn't encrypt any more than Discord: through https. Telegram offers a 1:1 e2e encryption option, but few use it, because it does not propagate to other devices.
- bioemerl 4y ago
  Never mind, I had confused telegram and signal.
- actually_a_dog 4y ago
  Granted I know most criminals are not that smart, and that's how they get caught, but you would think people intending to break the law would use E2E encryption given its availability and half a clue, yeah?
  - brnt 4y ago
    If you've half a clue and understand why E2E is important for communicating about crimes, you wouldn't use Telegram at all. Thank deity they're not.
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anonporridge 4y ago

I'm sure they do, but the shear amount of data surely must make it incredibly difficult to accurately detect. And worse, being a platform for gamers, the conversation of real world criminals might be very difficult to differentiate from regular gamer talk. Just think how many groups are constantly chatting about GTA V. They're literally talking about the crimes they're committing (in the game world). Discord might actually be the perfect place for criminals to hide their conversations in plain sight.

littlestymaar 4y ago
> I'm sure they do, but the shear amount of data surely must make it incredibly difficult to accurately detect. Except once you get one person who belong to such a group (by any conventional means) or even have one informant, then you can see where they hang out on discord (and there won't be a million of channels to scan) and now you have access to a nice topology of discord use for organized crime.
brandall10 4y ago
How do the people interested in this type of mayhem find it? If it's out in the relative open, it shouldn't be hard to find for someone that is motivated.
gruez 4y ago
There's even a page for this on kym, although not with "GTA V": https://knowyourmeme.com/memes/in-minecraft https://knowyourmeme.com/memes/in-minecraft

brnt 4y ago

Telegram doesn't encrypt any more than Discord: through https. Telegram offers a 1:1 e2e encryption option, but few use it, because it does not propagate to other devices.

bioemerl 4y ago
Never mind, I had confused telegram and signal.
actually_a_dog 4y ago
Granted I know most criminals are not that smart, and that's how they get caught, but you would think people intending to break the law would use E2E encryption given its availability and half a clue, yeah?
- brnt 4y ago
  If you've half a clue and understand why E2E is important for communicating about crimes, you wouldn't use Telegram at all. Thank deity they're not.

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