Using Discord in a private way?

https://lemmy.dbzer0.com/post/21522953

Using Discord in a private way? - Divisions by zero

Hi all, I haven’t used Discord in a while, but it became so that now I have to use it for communication with certain people getting support for some services that I use. What I’m doing currently is: - using a separate randomised e-mail address only for the Discord account - using a randomly generated username - no profile picture - tweaking the settings as best I can for privacy Other than these points, I’m also being wary of talking about anything personal on Discord. Would you add anything so I can be even safer when using Discord?

  • Only use it through a browser (with fingerprinting protection), never a Discord app.
  • Dedicate a browser installation, or at least a user profile, to Discord alone.
  • VPN.
  • Have an alternative channel (maybe Matrix?) ready and waiting for contacts who might be willing to switch.
I’ve found that VPN do work after sms verification. Tor nodes, however, resulted in all my test accounts being banned.