Researchers have scraped over 2 billion Discord messages from 3,167 servers, covering the platform's activity from 2015 to 2024. Although claims of anonymization were made, many users feel uncomfortable about their private conversations being stored publicly. Amplifying this issue, a programmer developed 'Searchcord,' a tool allowing access to non-anonymized chat histories. The combination of these developments has sparked significant concern within Discord communities, as users and moderators fear for their privacy amidst the proliferation of their data online.
Researchers have created a massive database of over 2 billion Discord messages from 3,167 servers, raising significant privacy concerns among users and moderators.
While the data is claimed to be anonymized, the existence of such a vast collection of private messages highlights the challenges concerning user privacy and security.
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