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The problem is that Discord isn’t e2ee and logs all chats in plaintext for all time, including all DMs. This makes it a nonstarter for me; friends don’t serve

by sneak 1y ago

The problem is that Discord isn’t e2ee and logs all chats in plaintext for all time, including all DMs. This makes it a nonstarter for me; friends don’t serve as honey in the surveillance trap for communication with their friends. Nothing that builds up an ever-growing surveillance database on private conversations between friends can be in the running for “best”.

rockostrich 1y ago
We're all aware of this and we have multiple people working in the defense industry with high clearances in the server. If something needs to be shared that can't be made public then it doesn't go in Discord. This covers about 99.9% of our correspondences.
- sneak 1y ago
  The cognitive overhead of remembering where I can talk about what with which people seems exhausting. I deleted all chat apps except Signal from my phone. Signal really should support bots. > can't be made public then it doesn't go in Discord. This covers about 99.9% Sometimes I forget that my friend groups are nothing like most peoples’ friend groups.
  - lurkshark 1y ago
    > Signal really should support bots. I feel the same way. If Signal supported bots/an API and “Communities” (in the WhatsApp sense) I’d finally be able to cutover all my use-cases from Discord. I get that the E2EE is a bit tricky for an API, and that you can kind of hack together Communities by just having a couple group chats, but the UX gap is just a little too big
  - viccis 1y ago
    >The cognitive overhead of remembering where I can talk about what with which people seems exhausting This is just part of life of having a clearance. If it's not Discord, then it's the happy hour where you have to worry about people getting a few too many beers deep and saying something stupid, and then others have an obligation to report it. Have some prudence about what to say in what settings is a life skill in general.

by sneak 1y ago

rockostrich 1y ago

We're all aware of this and we have multiple people working in the defense industry with high clearances in the server. If something needs to be shared that can't be made public then it doesn't go in Discord. This covers about 99.9% of our correspondences.

sneak 1y ago
The cognitive overhead of remembering where I can talk about what with which people seems exhausting. I deleted all chat apps except Signal from my phone. Signal really should support bots. > can't be made public then it doesn't go in Discord. This covers about 99.9% Sometimes I forget that my friend groups are nothing like most peoples’ friend groups.
- lurkshark 1y ago
  > Signal really should support bots. I feel the same way. If Signal supported bots/an API and “Communities” (in the WhatsApp sense) I’d finally be able to cutover all my use-cases from Discord. I get that the E2EE is a bit tricky for an API, and that you can kind of hack together Communities by just having a couple group chats, but the UX gap is just a little too big
- viccis 1y ago
  >The cognitive overhead of remembering where I can talk about what with which people seems exhausting This is just part of life of having a clearance. If it's not Discord, then it's the happy hour where you have to worry about people getting a few too many beers deep and saying something stupid, and then others have an obligation to report it. Have some prudence about what to say in what settings is a life skill in general.