Hi all,

I haven’t used Discord in a while, but it became so that now I have to use it for communication with certain people getting support for some services that I use. What I’m doing currently is:

  • using a separate randomised e-mail address only for the Discord account
  • using a randomly generated username
  • no profile picture
  • tweaking the settings as best I can for privacy

Other than these points, I’m also being wary of talking about anything personal on Discord. Would you add anything so I can be even safer when using Discord?

  • refalo
    1·
    6 months ago

    VPNs do not protect your privacy. Please don’t spread FUD

    • MigratingtoLemmy@lemmy.world
      1·
      6 months ago

      They do not protect one’s privacy if someone is motivated enough, i.e. nation states, or if OP’s VPN company sells their information. You can be reasonably assured that Mullvad and IVPN aren’t exactly doing that. In terms of obfuscating one’s IP, if that’s a step towards one’s privacy from big tech, then yes good VPNs definitely protect one’s privacy