sufyaan-website/discord/discord.tex

% Options for packages loaded elsewhere
\PassOptionsToPackage{unicode}{hyperref}
\PassOptionsToPackage{hyphens}{url}

\documentclass[
]{article}
\usepackage{amsmath,amssymb}
\usepackage{titlesec}
\usepackage{titling}
\usepackage{lmodern}
\usepackage{xcolor}
\usepackage{iftex}
\usepackage[margin=1in]{geometry}
\ifPDFTeX
  \usepackage[T1]{fontenc}
  \usepackage[utf8]{inputenc}
  \usepackage{textcomp} % provide euro and other symbols
\else % if luatex or xetex
  \usepackage{unicode-math}
  \defaultfontfeatures{Scale=MatchLowercase}
  \defaultfontfeatures[\rmfamily]{Ligatures=TeX,Scale=1}
\fi
% Use upquote if available, for straight quotes in verbatim environments
\IfFileExists{upquote.sty}{\usepackage{upquote}}{}
\IfFileExists{microtype.sty}{% use microtype if available
  \usepackage[]{microtype}
  \UseMicrotypeSet[protrusion]{basicmath} % disable protrusion for tt fonts
}{}
\makeatletter
\@ifundefined{KOMAClassName}{% if non-KOMA class
  \IfFileExists{parskip.sty}{%
    \usepackage{parskip}
  }{% else
    \setlength{\parindent}{0pt}
    \setlength{\parskip}{1pt plus 2pt minus 1pt}}
}{% if KOMA class
  \KOMAoptions{parskip=half}}
\makeatother
\definecolor{myblue}{RGB}{24, 102, 201}
\titleformat{\section}
{\huge\bfseries\color{myblue}}
{}
{0em}
{}[\titlerule]

\titleformat{\subsection}
{\Large\bfseries}
{}
{0em}
{}

\titleformat{\subsubsection}[runin]
{\bfseries}
{}
{0em}
{}[:]

\titlespacing{\subsubsection}
{0em}{0.75em}{0.5em}

\titlespacing{\subsection}
{0em}{1em}{0.65em}

\titlespacing{\maketitle}
{0em}{0em}{0em}
\renewcommand{\maketitle}{
	\begin{center}
		{\huge\bfseries \theauthor}\\
		\vspace{.35em}
		sufyaan.me/discord
	\end{center}
}
\usepackage{color}
\usepackage{fancyvrb}
\newcommand{\VerbBar}{|}
\newcommand{\VERB}{\Verb[commandchars=\\\{\}]}
\DefineVerbatimEnvironment{Highlighting}{Verbatim}{commandchars=\\\{\}}
% Add ',fontsize=\small' for more characters per line
\newenvironment{Shaded}{}{}
\newcommand{\AlertTok}[1]{\textcolor[rgb]{1.00,0.00,0.00}{\textbf{#1}}}
\newcommand{\AnnotationTok}[1]{\textcolor[rgb]{0.38,0.63,0.69}{\textbf{\textit{#1}}}}
\newcommand{\AttributeTok}[1]{\textcolor[rgb]{0.49,0.56,0.16}{#1}}
\newcommand{\BaseNTok}[1]{\textcolor[rgb]{0.25,0.63,0.44}{#1}}
\newcommand{\BuiltInTok}[1]{\textcolor[rgb]{0.00,0.50,0.00}{#1}}
\newcommand{\CharTok}[1]{\textcolor[rgb]{0.25,0.44,0.63}{#1}}
\newcommand{\CommentTok}[1]{\textcolor[rgb]{0.38,0.63,0.69}{\textit{#1}}}
\newcommand{\CommentVarTok}[1]{\textcolor[rgb]{0.38,0.63,0.69}{\textbf{\textit{#1}}}}
\newcommand{\ConstantTok}[1]{\textcolor[rgb]{0.53,0.00,0.00}{#1}}
\newcommand{\ControlFlowTok}[1]{\textcolor[rgb]{0.00,0.44,0.13}{\textbf{#1}}}
\newcommand{\DataTypeTok}[1]{\textcolor[rgb]{0.56,0.13,0.00}{#1}}
\newcommand{\DecValTok}[1]{\textcolor[rgb]{0.25,0.63,0.44}{#1}}
\newcommand{\DocumentationTok}[1]{\textcolor[rgb]{0.73,0.13,0.13}{\textit{#1}}}
\newcommand{\ErrorTok}[1]{\textcolor[rgb]{1.00,0.00,0.00}{\textbf{#1}}}
\newcommand{\ExtensionTok}[1]{#1}
\newcommand{\FloatTok}[1]{\textcolor[rgb]{0.25,0.63,0.44}{#1}}
\newcommand{\FunctionTok}[1]{\textcolor[rgb]{0.02,0.16,0.49}{#1}}
\newcommand{\ImportTok}[1]{\textcolor[rgb]{0.00,0.50,0.00}{\textbf{#1}}}
\newcommand{\InformationTok}[1]{\textcolor[rgb]{0.38,0.63,0.69}{\textbf{\textit{#1}}}}
\newcommand{\KeywordTok}[1]{\textcolor[rgb]{0.00,0.44,0.13}{\textbf{#1}}}
\newcommand{\NormalTok}[1]{#1}
\newcommand{\OperatorTok}[1]{\textcolor[rgb]{0.40,0.40,0.40}{#1}}
\newcommand{\OtherTok}[1]{\textcolor[rgb]{0.00,0.44,0.13}{#1}}
\newcommand{\PreprocessorTok}[1]{\textcolor[rgb]{0.74,0.48,0.00}{#1}}
\newcommand{\RegionMarkerTok}[1]{#1}
\newcommand{\SpecialCharTok}[1]{\textcolor[rgb]{0.25,0.44,0.63}{#1}}
\newcommand{\SpecialStringTok}[1]{\textcolor[rgb]{0.73,0.40,0.53}{#1}}
\newcommand{\StringTok}[1]{\textcolor[rgb]{0.25,0.44,0.63}{#1}}
\newcommand{\VariableTok}[1]{\textcolor[rgb]{0.10,0.09,0.49}{#1}}
\newcommand{\VerbatimStringTok}[1]{\textcolor[rgb]{0.25,0.44,0.63}{#1}}
\newcommand{\WarningTok}[1]{\textcolor[rgb]{0.38,0.63,0.69}{\textbf{\textit{#1}}}}
\setlength{\emergencystretch}{3em} % prevent overfull lines
\providecommand{\tightlist}{%
  \setlength{\itemsep}{0pt}\setlength{\parskip}{0pt}}
\setcounter{secnumdepth}{-\maxdimen} % remove section numbering
\ifLuaTeX
\usepackage[bidi=basic]{babel}
\else
\usepackage[bidi=default]{babel}
\fi
\babelprovide[main,import]{english}
% get rid of language-specific shorthands (see #6817):
\let\LanguageShortHands\languageshorthands
\def\languageshorthands#1{}
\ifLuaTeX
  \usepackage{selnolig}  % disable illegal ligatures
\fi
\IfFileExists{bookmark.sty}{\usepackage{bookmark}}{\usepackage{hyperref}}
\IfFileExists{xurl.sty}{\usepackage{xurl}}{} % add URL line breaks if available
\urlstyle{same} % disable monospaced font for URLs
\hypersetup{
  pdftitle={(POST) Delete Your Discord},
  pdflang={en},
  hidelinks,
  pdfcreator={LaTeX via pandoc}}

\title{Sufyaan's Website}
\author{Sufyaan's Website}
\date{}

\begin{document}
\maketitle


\section[Delete Your Discord]{Delete Your Discord}\label{why-i-use-terminal-apps}

\textbf{22 March 2023}

\textbf{Category: }Software \& Guides

As mentioned in the title, I have deleted my Discord account. This was
obviously not without a reason. There are two reasons due to which I
deleted my Discord account:

\begin{itemize}
\tightlist
\item
  Privacy
\item
  Lack of Use
\end{itemize}

The most prominent reason is privacy but lack of use compelled me to
actually take the plunge and delete my Discord account.

\hypertarget{privacy}{%
\subsection[Privacy]{Privacy}\label{privacy}}

\hypertarget{introduction}{%
\subsubsection{Introduction}\label{introduction}}

Discord is a hellhole for your privacy. Avoid it at all costs. In this
section, I will show you the various things that Discord tracks.

\hypertarget{discords-history}{%
\subsubsection{DISCORD\textquotesingle S
HISTORY}\label{discords-history}}

OpenFeint was a mobile social network for gaming. The Founder of
OpenFeint was Jason Citron, the current CEO of Discord. OpenFeint
received a class-action lawsuit for storing data like:

\begin{itemize}
\tightlist
\item
  Unique Device Identifiers
\item
  Exact GPS Location
\item
  Internet Browsing History
\item
  Facebook and Twitter Profiles
\end{itemize}

OpenFeint then revealed all of this data to any mobile game developer
who asked for it and advertising networks.

Well, if they collected all of this data, you must have agreed to it,
right?

No. The company never asked for your consent. This data collection
involved over 100M mobile devices.

\hypertarget{privacy-issues}{%
\subsubsection{PRIVACY ISSUES}\label{privacy-issues}}

So, when you have the CEO of a company that did all of this data
collection become the CEO of another company, what do you think he is
going to do? The answer is obvious. Of course he will do the same thing.

Let us go over what privacy issues there currently are with Discord.

\begin{enumerate}
\tightlist
\item
  \textbf{All messages, including direct messages are unencrypted.}

  \begin{itemize}
  \tightlist
  \item
    Do not share any sensitive information on it. It can be detrimental
    if you store a password on their servers as any Discord employee can
    view it.
  \end{itemize}
\item
  \textbf{Discord collects every single thing you do.}

  \begin{itemize}
  \tightlist
  \item
    Do not be surprised if they log the amount of times you breathe
    while using Discord. It is stored with your User ID, an event ID, a
    timestamp and a detailed explanation of everything you do.
  \end{itemize}
\item
  \textbf{Discord collects information about game executables.}

  \begin{itemize}
  \tightlist
  \item
    After scanning your game executables, Discord basically will have a
    tally of what games you play. If they are doing it for game
    executables, there is no doubt that they are doing it for other apps
    as well.
  \end{itemize}
\item
  \textbf{Government agencies, gather round!}

  \begin{itemize}
  \tightlist
  \item
    Discord\textquotesingle s privacy policy states that your data will
    be given to any government organisation that asks for it.
  \end{itemize}
\item
  \textbf{The privacy toggles in the Discord app do nothing.}

  \begin{itemize}
  \tightlist
  \item
    All they do is tell the server to delete the data as soon as it
    receives it. There is no verification, let alone an audit to verify
    this.
  \end{itemize}
\item
  \textbf{Your messages are with us... and everyone else.}

  \begin{itemize}
  \tightlist
  \item
    When you delete your Discord account, your messages are still kept
    and your profile will simply be replaced by ``Deleted Account''. If
    you used Discord for even more than a few days to talk with friends,
    your messages are more than enough to deanonymize you.
  \end{itemize}
\item
  \textbf{Oh, and don\textquotesingle t do it yourself.}

  \begin{itemize}
  \tightlist
  \item
    You will get banned for using tools to delete messages on Discord.
  \end{itemize}
\end{enumerate}

\hypertarget{all-in-all...}{%
\subsubsection{ALL IN ALL...}\label{all-in-all...}}

... this is not all that Discord does. If we know that Discord does all
of this, there is obviously more that they are doing that we do not
know. You should always assume closed-source pieces of software are
tracking you and sending your information to a third-party.

\hypertarget{lack-of-use}{%
\subsection[Lack of Use]{Lack of Use}\label{lack-of-use}}

I was not using Discord anymore so I deleted it. The reason is that my
previous account got banned for botting when I did not do anything. I
made a new account, chatted with three or four of my friends.
Afterwards, the CounterHawks Discord server got banned. Due to this, I
realized there is no use for my account and that there is no reason for
me to support Discord.

\hypertarget{conclusion}{%
\subsection[Conclusion]{Conclusion}\label{conclusion}}

I do not use Discord anymore and probably never will. Previously, it was
difficult to delete my Discord account but Discord themselves have done
all the hard work for me.


\end{document}