Mastodawn

@eddiereasoner I think #discord is a red-flag, because it's too "low-effort", too "slumming it", too prone to future platform rug-pulls and creepy policy changes, and not reliably searchable. Far better #OpenSource alternatives exist today, and aren't all that hard to set up, for the sufficiently motivated geek: #PHPBB, #Discourse, #Flarum, #Prosody, #Deltachat, #Zulip, etc. Surely one of them, or something similar, is acceptable, given each of them, in their unique strength.

I say 600MB of RAM is passable because my cheap on-prem server has 16GB of it

Super Owl 16m ago

Today I installed #Keycloak, am "kicking the tires" (no Docker).

My first impressions: The default db backend is #postgresql, which is cool 👍 . keycloak itself is #java-based (so connects to postgresql through jdbc. Passable). Not the sexiest language, but I forgive them, because it's a 12-year old project. It uses 600MB of RAM, with just me logged in as a web admin user. Passable. Unicode is enforced within any given database. Also cool. It passed a "fuzzing audit" in 2024, and there have been a ton of security updates recently (ver 26.6.2), what with all the AI-assisted penetration testing these days. That's also a bit like an audit. I'm happy about that. The forums are pretty slow on #Github and #Discourse (I wish there was more activity there). I'm grateful they have no #Discord "server" - which would have been a red flag to me. But surprisingly, the development activity is quite rapid these days! Tons of monthly commits. That's good.

Thanks, #Linux Foundation, and the "Cloud Native Computing Foundation"! 🙏

If anyone wants to chime in on it with their opinions, I'd like to hear them. #infosec

Raj 🇬🇧🇪🇺💻🖥(🌻🇺🇦;🇵🇸)1h ago

What the blazes is wrong with #Discord? I keep being thrown out every couple of minutes and having to log in and/or re-verify my email.

NewsletterTF 1h ago

Discord Completes Years-Long Encryption Push For All Calls

Discord now uses end-to-end encryption for all voice and video calls, making communication more private. Text messages are not encrypted.

#Discord #Encryption #Privacy #VoiceCalls #VideoCalls

https://newsletter.tf/discord-adds-encryption-to-voice-video-calls/

NewsletterTF 1h ago

Discord has finished adding encryption to all its voice and video calls. This means your calls are now private by default, unlike text messages which are still not encrypted.

#Discord #Encryption #Privacy #VoiceCalls #VideoCalls
https://newsletter.tf/discord-adds-encryption-to-voice-video-calls/

Discord Adds Encryption to All Voice and Video Calls

Discord now uses end-to-end encryption for all voice and video calls, making communication more private. Text messages are not encrypted.

NewsletterTF

Blizzard Watch 5h ago

Our writer Sara had her Discord account hacked a couple weeks ago. Here's the breakdown of the typical security advice she followed with her account, where it helped, and where it was worse than useless (and tips to secure your own accounts).

#Discord #Hacked
https://blizzardwatch.com/2026/05/29/something-stupid-anatomy-discord-hack/

The anatomy of a discord hack: tips for protecting your accounts from social engineering attacks

Discord accounts being hacked is a hot topic every few months, as a new scam surfaces and people warn each other via network. We've all been DMed by scammers saying they accidentally reported your Steam account, or the new one I've heard is a hacker will post a message

Blizzard Watch

Mx. Chara Aznable (they/them) of Pnictogen 8h ago

Folks are still reluctant to leave #Discord for anything different. It's frustrating but I can see why.

Novem 9h ago

I have been thinking of signing up on open source chat platform for quite some time, and we are entering the second half of 2026 which means that Discord will implement global age verification at anytime, it is starting to be urgent for me to have an account on an open source chat platform.

Thing is, what is preventing me from being on open source chat platform is that I am having a choice paralysis. I'm not sure if I should go for Fluxer, Matrix or XMPP. 🤔

I could sign up on all three... but... this idea just... I kind of don't like it... I would prefer to only be on one platform.

#Discord #Matrix #XMPP #Fluxer #AgeVerification #Privacy