404 MediaApr 17, 2024

A spy site is scraping users' Discord messages and activity across servers and selling them to anyone with $5:

https://www.404media.co/a-spy-site-is-scraping-discord-and-selling-users-messages/

A Spy Site Is Scraping Discord and Selling Users’ Messages

404 Media tested the service, called Spy Pet, and verified it is collecting information on Discord users, including the messages they post across usually disparate servers.

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Show threadLutin Discret

does @matrix has a way to prevent that? 🤔

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Apr 17, 2024 at 2:49pmWeb
Show thread-> @haileys.questAug 21, 2024
@lutindiscret @matrix nope, quite the opposite. public matrix rooms can be read easily by anyone with HTTP access. and private rooms can be read the exact same way as Spy Pet. The only exception is DMs with end-to-end encryption on.