Discord is letting search engines read public messages. Here’s what to do

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In late October, Discord made a spooky announcement: It would begin allowing search engines to index its discoverable servers. In plain speak, conversations on these public servers will become findable by Google and other search providers. Predictably, this reveal stoked fears about privacy on Discord. With all the furor over age verification, some people have interpreted the move as a further erosion of privacy. But after reading Discord’s blog post more closely, I’m not worried… yet. Discoverable servers are meant to be found publicly, after all, and there’s potential good in exposing…
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Discord is letting search engines read public messages. Here’s what to do
In late October, Discord made a spooky announcement: It would begin allowing search engines to index its discoverable servers. In plain speak, conversations on these public servers will become findable by Google and other search providers. Predictably, this reveal stoked...




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