Discord keeps deactivating account for suspicious activity

[fferme]

Version

2.42

Flavor

CLI (Command-Line Interface)

Platform

Windows 11

Export format

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Steps to reproduce

• Recover token from Discord account
• Execute command from the program to export channels
• After a while Discord will deactivate account for suspicious activity and you have to redefine password and recover token again

Details

Discord keeps deactivating my account because it detects suspicious activity. It all happens when I retrieve the token from Discord and use in your API.

Checklist

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[Tyrrrz]

Using DCE with a user account is against Discord TOS so these things may happen.

[Technetium1]

Maybe it's cause to add a couple smaller sleeps...

[Tyrrrz]

DCE already respects Discord's API rate limits. Usually using DCE shouldn't result in suspensions of any kind, but like I said it's always a risk.

Either use a bot token or a throwaway user account, both are much safer and the only recommended options.

[fferme]

What is a bot token and how can I configure it? A throwaway user account it's like a dummy account? An account only to be used to generate the token?

[Tyrrrz]

What is a bot token and how can I configure it?

You need to register an application with Discord, then create a bot, invite that bot to the target server (you need to be admin) and then use the bot's token to export the chatlog.

A throwaway user account it's like a dummy account? An account only to be used to generate the token?

Yes. An account you create for the sole purpose of exporting chat logs.