Comment by Aurornis
5 months ago
Discord is known for banning accounts that participate in servers that get flagged for illegal activity: https://www.reddit.com/r/BannedFromDiscord/
It's also illogical to encourage this behavior if your goal is protesting. Smart protesters would practice the most basic of OPSEC practices, like not joining random Discord links shared without context.
"It's also illogical to encourage this behavior if your goal is protesting."
Yeah, if you lack imagination ;)
There are many, many forms of protesting that don't escalate to destruction. I really think you're exaggerating what the risks are here. For one, VPNs and disposable accounts exist.
I don't disagree, but you are arguing against a strawman that was started upthread. GP didn't say they were afraid to look at countermeasures, they were questioning the wisdom of clicking a random link that goes to a closed platform that collects a ton of surveillance data and has a history of sharing with law enforcement. I try to avoid Discord for everything, regardless how innocuous the subject matter is.
We're agreement that discord sucks and should not be used for these sorts of communities.
But I truly don't think that clicking on a discord link that already has 1500 people in it is going to be problematic to any degree that would lead to prosecution, banning, etc.
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> they were questioning the wisdom of clicking a random link that goes to a closed platform that collects a ton of surveillance data and has a history of sharing with law enforcement
Surprisingly ironic, given that the topic is about security cameras from a company that collects data and shares it with law enforcement.
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> I really think you're exaggerating what the risks are here
Not exaggerating. Have had multiple friends lose Discord accounts suddenly because an old Discord they forgot about was flagged for illegal activity. There's an entire subreddit full of similar posts.
Yes, I'm aware that discord does it. But what I'm responding to is you saying that that the act of clicking a discord link will lead to a ban. That's an exaggeration.
> Yeah, if you lack imagination ;)
> There are many, many forms of protesting that don't escalate to destruction.
The comment with the Discord was giving advice for vandalizing the cameras. Direct quote to what I was responding to:
> you can spraypaint the lenses and/or the solar panels. If you dont want to get caught with spraypaint, use nutella or peanut butter. Its sticky and easily spreadable.
You cropped out the first part that implicitly indicates that there are more forms of protesting than direct action. I get what your point is, but I think you're making a mountain out of an ant hill. Just don't click the damn link lmao.
Oh, come on yourself. Being in trouble for visiting a chatroom about illegal surveillance can be a badge of honor.
Some of us prefer not to wear badges.