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Discord defends itself against efforts to stop piracy on its platform by saying no to more invasive data collection. Even though Discord isn’t exactly known for privacy, this is a great move for its users. What are your thoughts?

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[–] subignition@fedia.io 18 points 1 month ago (2 children)

Validation level is set by server owners, you are unlikely to need to verify a phone number except in the biggest (and therefore spammiest) servers

[–] example@reddthat.com 10 points 1 month ago (1 children)

it doesn't seem to be server specific because once prompted there is no way to use the account again, even if you decided to just not use a server that may have these settings set.

[–] subignition@fedia.io 6 points 1 month ago

Odd, I've never had that experience. Maybe you're using a VPN or something that makes your IP look more suspicious.

[–] Lev_Astov@lemmy.world 4 points 1 month ago

Yeah, I've never needed to add a phone number.