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Discord says piracy subpoena would violate users’ First Amendment rights (www.theverge.com)
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Discord defends itself against efforts to stop piracy on its platform by saying no to more invasive data collection. Even though Discord isn’t exactly known for privacy, this is a great move for its users. What are your thoughts?

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[–] Aatube@kbin.melroy.org 11 points 7 hours ago (1 children)

They do have to retrieve old messages when new users join though. I’m sure the government can force them to lett them in a server and unlock the roles

[–] stoy@lemmy.zip 4 points 4 hours ago (4 children)

Why?

Why is channel history needed for new users?

Back in the IRC days you joined a channel that was just empty, if you wanted the history you had to run an IRC client continously, I remember running screen irssi on a separate computer and sshing into the server, reconnecting the screen with irssi in it.

If you want the history automatically, you can't expect privacy.

[–] vithigar@lemmy.ca 2 points 15 minutes ago

I remember running screen irssi on a separate computer and sshing into the server, reconnecting the screen with irssi in it.

I still do that today.

[–] JustARaccoon@lemmy.world 4 points 1 hour ago (1 children)

Because a lot of people go to discord servers to access existing information?

[–] stoy@lemmy.zip 4 points 1 hour ago

That is a good point, I have never done that, and to me it is just a chat system....

[–] Chadus_Maximus@lemm.ee 10 points 4 hours ago

90% of the reason I even have discord is because people much smarter than me use it to share information. Nobody uses other areas suited for sharing information anymore. It's either Reddit or discord.