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?

  • mox@lemmy.sdf.org
    7·
    7 months ago

    In that situation, I would also:

    • Only use it through a browser (with fingerprinting protection), never a Discord app.
    • Dedicate a browser installation, or at least a user profile, to Discord.
    • Only use it over a VPN connection dedicated to Discord, or Tor if it’s allowed.
    • Have an alternative channel (maybe Matrix?) ready and waiting for contacts who might be willing to switch.
    • rar
      1·
      7 months ago

      When I tested it, VPN do work after sms verification. Tor nodes, however, resulted in all my test accounts being banned.