Comment on Arc Raiders was accidentally recording Discord conversations into an unencrypted local game file
Quetzalcutlass@lemmy.world 1 day agoNot 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.
tdawg@lemmy.world 1 day 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
Armok_the_bunny@lemmy.world 22 hours 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.
tuxiqae@lemmy.dbzer0.com 18 hours ago
But the fact that you have no control (or transparency) over that matter is atrocious
Blackmist@feddit.uk 15 hours ago
In any case it sounds like a reason to actually read what the oauth login screens are actually telling you…