Discord will switch to temporary file links for all users by the end of the year to block attackers from using its CDN (content delivery network) for hosting and pushing malware.

Discord will switch to temporary file links to block malware delivery::Discord will switch to temporary file links for all users by the end of the year to block attackers from using its CDN (content delivery network) for hosting and pushing malware.

  • Zarxrax@lemmy.worldEnglish
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    1 year ago

    Yeah… In sure malware is the reason. It’s not that they don’t want people using discord for file hosting.

    • lea@feddit.deEnglish
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      1 year ago

      Files are still stored permanently and links inside the client stay permanent as well, only links accessed externally are affected. I don’t like Discord either but anyone relying on it as their personal free CDN had it coming for them.

  • gridleaf@lemmy.worldEnglish
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    1 year ago

    Can we please stop building everything around Discord? It has its place as a chat app, but it’s become like a web parallel to our own, except owned and operated by a single company. It’s an information black hole, completely closed off from the rest of the web, unscrapeable, uncrawlable, unarchiveable, and borderline unsearchable. It has everything that is wrong with the web today. When the company dies, all information in the app dies with it. There’s no Internet Archive for Discord.

    • Nobsi@feddit.deEnglish
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      1 year ago

      What are you talking about?
      It’s literally a chat app. If all discord servers die today, nothing of value will be lost.