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Well, in fairness, I believe the guy that got caught posting classified docs in a small private discord server would appreciate privacy, even if I myself and a

by jowea 3y ago

Well, in fairness, I believe the guy that got caught posting classified docs in a small private discord server would appreciate privacy, even if I myself and a lot of people almost exclusively use public servers and would prefer if they were even less private so internet search would work.

lolinder 3y ago
His friends passed the documents along to their friends, and they eventually got the attention of the New York Times. At that point tracing the documents back to him would probably have happened regardless of whether he used IRC or anything else. Do you have any evidence that him using a centralized platform like Discord played a role in him getting caught?
- mmercedes 3y ago
  Discord handing over his billing details certainly made it quicker at least https://www.forbes.com/sites/mattnovak/2023/04/14/fbi-used-discord-billing-records-to-identify-alleged-leaker-of-classified-military-documents-report/amp/ https://www.forbes.com/sites/mattnovak/2023/04/14/fbi-used-d...
  - MildRant 3y ago
    Every company will hand over your data if subpoenaed by a law enforcement agency in the country they operate in.
    - mmercedes 3y ago
      you don't need a company in the country you reside with your billing address on file to run an irc server though
      - MildRant 3y ago
        The Buffalo shooter organized on a public Discord and unfortunately that had no effect in preventing him. But, this is getting back to my initial point, you are using Discord because you are hoping for private communication then you are using the wrong product.
- jowea 3y ago
  Hypothetically speaking if instead of using Discord normally and using his real info for billing Discord only accepted Monero and was only accessible via Tor it would be harder to identify him. But that's not really my point, just picking a random famous example of someone who would want Discord to be private.

by jowea 3y ago

lolinder 3y ago

His friends passed the documents along to their friends, and they eventually got the attention of the New York Times. At that point tracing the documents back to him would probably have happened regardless of whether he used IRC or anything else. Do you have any evidence that him using a centralized platform like Discord played a role in him getting caught?

mmercedes 3y ago
Discord handing over his billing details certainly made it quicker at least https://www.forbes.com/sites/mattnovak/2023/04/14/fbi-used-discord-billing-records-to-identify-alleged-leaker-of-classified-military-documents-report/amp/ https://www.forbes.com/sites/mattnovak/2023/04/14/fbi-used-d...
- MildRant 3y ago
  Every company will hand over your data if subpoenaed by a law enforcement agency in the country they operate in.
  - mmercedes 3y ago
    you don't need a company in the country you reside with your billing address on file to run an irc server though
    - MildRant 3y ago
      The Buffalo shooter organized on a public Discord and unfortunately that had no effect in preventing him. But, this is getting back to my initial point, you are using Discord because you are hoping for private communication then you are using the wrong product.
jowea 3y ago
Hypothetically speaking if instead of using Discord normally and using his real info for billing Discord only accepted Monero and was only accessible via Tor it would be harder to identify him. But that's not really my point, just picking a random famous example of someone who would want Discord to be private.