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simple@lemm.ee ⁨10⁩ ⁨months⁩ ago

This isn’t even them scraping private chats and small servers, they just scraped public servers in the discovery tab. None of that information was ever private, and every user can browse the chat history there.

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MoonRaven@feddit.nl ⁨10⁩ ⁨months⁩ ago
It also includes deleted messages. And they refuse to delete things when someone opts out.

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- donuts@lemmy.world ⁨10⁩ ⁨months⁩ ago
  
  It also includes deleted messages. And they refuse to delete things when someone opts out
  
  Deleted messages are not included. Neither the public nor the API allows you to read deleted messages
  
  Upon joining a server, users gain access to all non-deleted historical content within public channels, and the same is valid for data retrieval using their API.
  
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  - MoonRaven@feddit.nl ⁨10⁩ ⁨months⁩ ago
    Excellent point if searchcord used the api. They created unmarked bot accounts that save all the messages.
    
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    donuts@lemmy.world ⁨10⁩ ⁨months⁩ ago
    Searchcord yes, but not the researchers from the headline
    
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taiyang@lemmy.world ⁨10⁩ ⁨months⁩ ago
In other words-- your sexting is safe, friends.

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micka190@lemmy.world ⁨10⁩ ⁨months⁩ ago
“Researchers scrape thousands of hours of news footage from their TVs!” is about as big a deal, honestly.

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donuts@lemmy.world ⁨10⁩ ⁨months⁩ ago
Yeah, exactly. It may sound scary or like a violation of privacy, but there is no privacy when posting to public online areas.

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