Discord privacy - Githubissues

DasBambus commented 2 years ago

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Just so Discord can't read all your messages and can't collect any of your Data

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I had the idea when I watched a youtube video about Discord might collecting your data because the CEO already did it in the past with his old company called openfeint. It was also confirmed that discord can read your private messages. So this plugin should just stop discord from collecting your data. YouTube Video: The Disturbing Truth about Discord | by Visual Venture Link: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=M5X6iLHzqAI

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BoredManCodes commented 2 years ago

I am not sure how this could be possible To send a message you need to use Discord's servers. This means your message passes through them.

About the only thing I can think of is to encrypt your messages using a plugin and have the recipient use the same plugin and public key

DasBambus commented 2 years ago

So it's possible but it only works when message someone who is using the plugin as well

BoredManCodes commented 2 years ago

Yeah, but it'd always be sent encrypted (otherwise what's the point) so you'd need to assume the other person has the plugin otherwise it's unreadable. At that point you'd be better messaging them using whatsapp or matrix.

I am not a Powercord dev though so I may be missing something

colin273 commented 2 years ago

Oh, so you mean something like this: https://github.com/SammCheese/invisible-chat

Or this: https://github.com/SammCheese/SimpleDiscordCryptLoader

BoredManCodes commented 2 years ago

I am not a Powercord dev though so I ~~may be~~ am missing something

BoredManCodes commented 2 years ago

But it still relies on them having the plugin, and you are likely going to be sharing the encryption key with them via discord anyway :shrug:

DasBambus commented 2 years ago

oh so when I share the encryption key over discord the whole purpose of the plugin is destroyed

DasBambus commented 2 years ago

and when I share it over whatsapp I can use whatsapp instead

BoredManCodes commented 2 years ago

My points exactly :)

DasBambus commented 2 years ago

what is matrix I never heard of this

BenSegal855 commented 2 years ago

If you want encrypted messaging, then use an encrypted messaging service. Discord is not encrypted and properly never will be. There are ways to tack encryption onto discord but, as you mentioned, they can be difficult to setup securely.

quincynyan commented 2 years ago

Imagine the plugin using a third party API to send the encrypted message (not through the discord servers) then decrypting and displaying them on the other end with the plugin. Oh wait why don't we just code another messaging app at this point lmao? Ben makes a good point, if you don't like how the discord servers work, use another app. Powercord is mostly centralized around discord.

DasBambus commented 2 years ago

Yeah I see I just don't know any app with similar options an accessibility.

quincynyan commented 2 years ago

Theoretically speaking, you could have a private backend where you would send your actual messages, which will then send to the recipient and displayed in Discord. It's like basically creating another messaging app without a UI and using the Discord UI. I doubt the Powercord team will allow such a plugin, and even if they did, it'd be very ineffective.