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Privacy has become a very important issue in modern society, with companies and governments constantly abusing their power, more and more people are waking up to the importance of digital privacy.

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Discord alternatives (self.privacy)

submitted 8 months ago* (last edited 8 months ago) by EpicGamer to c/[email protected]

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I tested out revolt and element. Out of the two element seems to be the most well rounded. What do you people use to replace discord to protect your privacy?

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[–] Rose 2 points 8 months ago (2 children)

Don't many of the IRC servers expose your IP address and have bots that store every chat message?

[–] [email protected] 3 points 8 months ago* (last edited 8 months ago)

Some outdated ones do, but it is very easy to run your own modern IRC server that does none of that.

[–] sep 1 points 8 months ago (1 children)

For a foss project irc logs of channels are important makes irc into google able knowledge. For privacy, use matrix and encryption.

[–] [email protected] 1 points 8 months ago

is that a thing ? googleable IRC chat logs for FOSS projects ? I haven't seen any