Comment on Arc Raiders was accidentally recording Discord conversations into an unencrypted local game file

• Quetzalcutlass@lemmy.world ⁨3⁩ ⁨weeks⁩ ago

  Not necessarily. You choose what permissions your token has when you register it with Discord. In this case the game asked for an auth token with all permissions, so the game connects to Discord with the same access levels as your actual login.

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  • tdawg@lemmy.world ⁨3⁩ ⁨weeks⁩ ago

    Yeah that’s what the person before me said. I’m saying that the fact it’s possible at all is a horrible violation of privacy

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    • Armok_the_bunny@lemmy.world ⁨2⁩ ⁨weeks⁩ ago

      There are legitimate reasons to ask for an “all permissions” token, such as setting up and using a third party client. A game is not one of the things that should be asking for that though.

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      • tuxiqae@lemmy.dbzer0.com ⁨2⁩ ⁨weeks⁩ ago

        But the fact that you have no control (or transparency) over that matter is atrocious

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      • Blackmist@feddit.uk ⁨2⁩ ⁨weeks⁩ ago

        In any case it sounds like a reason to actually read what the oauth login screens are actually telling you…

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