this post was submitted on 06 Nov 2023
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I uploaded a test exe in a private Discord server.. and a little while later Discord edited my message and deleted my exe. Understandable why, but still unexpected!

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

If you want to use discord but still prefer them not scanning the file. Password zip are easiest solution, bit hassle, but antivirus will skip over it.

[–] [email protected] 5 points 1 year ago (2 children)
[–] capt_wolf 14 points 1 year ago* (last edited 1 year ago)

Don't expect anything you write on a platform controlled by a private entity to be safe, ever.

Or anywhere in general for that matter. The only place your thoughts are safe is in your head. For now at least...

[–] WillFord27 3 points 1 year ago (1 children)

It surprised me! I thought they would have warned the user or deleted the message, but nope, they edit it..

[–] [email protected] 2 points 1 year ago (2 children)

If it's a file you need to send, how do you do?

[–] capt_wolf 3 points 1 year ago (1 children)

If it's something that needs to be accessible for a while, I put mine up on mega, Dropbox, or google drive.

[–] WillFord27 2 points 1 year ago* (last edited 1 year ago) (1 children)

Google Drive has cracked down a bit on what types of files they support. They actually banned me from uploading for a few days from uploading and sharing an exe lol

[–] capt_wolf 2 points 1 year ago (1 children)

That's nuts... What about nesting it in a zip, rar, or 7z?

[–] WillFord27 2 points 1 year ago (1 children)

Haven't tried, Dropbox is too convenient :P

[–] capt_wolf 2 points 1 year ago* (last edited 1 year ago)

I'm surprised. They never gave me a hard time doing emulator packages. We had to send preconfigured stuff for races and events and they never batted an eye.

[–] WillFord27 2 points 1 year ago

I don't think Dropbox deletes your files, that's what I usually use

[–] BloodSlut 2 points 1 year ago

Hasnt this been a feature for a while now?