We delete your data after we hand it off to our partners. Who definitely do not delete it.
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Pika@sh.itjust.works 2 weeks ago
For ID scans, Discord says that documents “are deleted quickly.”
Just a few months ago they had a data leak which proved that they were indeed /not/ deleting documents and ID’s like they had been claiming.
Granted in that case it was mostly countries that force keeping that data but, I’m sick of companies lying and saying “lol yea we defo delete the data after”
lightnsfw@reddthat.com 2 weeks ago
blazeknave@lemmy.world 2 weeks ago
My friend is an exec there. After reading this thread bugged him to buy my software that would protect this vulnerability. They confirmed data/file never leaves the user’s device. Sounds pretty safe.
Goodeye8@piefed.social 2 weeks ago
You do know that it’s bullshit? Unless they’re incredibly incompetent they’re lying to you. If the data never leaves the client then all the checks are client-side, which means it’s relatively easy (compared to a server side check) to bypass those checks.
vithigar@lemmy.ca 2 weeks ago
For a while (maybe even still, I haven’t kept up with it) you could unlock paid features with a modded client, so they absolutely have a history of client-side verification.
Orygin@sh.itjust.works 2 weeks ago
Afaik the files exfiltrated were photos that the on device detection could not identify and were uploaded to verify server side. That would mean not all pictures are sent to the backend, and that corroborates why “only” 70k photos were stolen when discord has millions of users verified.
Of course you have to put your trust in a closed source system so best not to upload, but if true it’s still a far cry from openly lying about it. It’s probably explicitly stated in their ToS that they may upload the file if the verification fails client side.
Anarki_@lemmy.blahaj.zone 2 weeks ago
Source: Trust me bro.
blazeknave@lemmy.world 1 week ago
Yeah, I’ve known him and worked with him over 10 years and he knows I’m a user. I trust him. You don’t need to trust me.
thermal_shock@lemmy.world 2 weeks ago
I won’t even give hard drives when recycling a computer, I pull and smash myself. Last set of old drives I cut in half with bolt cutters.
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Nibodhika@lemmy.world 2 weeks ago
That’s overkill, a couple of passes with dd and it’s irrecoverable.
JustAnotherKay@lemmy.world 2 weeks ago
A couple of passed with dd takes way longer than bolt cutters and it’s much less satisfying
tatterdemalion@programming.dev 2 weeks ago
I think they meant you could wipe with dd and then they are recyclable.
thermal_shock@lemmy.world 2 weeks ago
Yeah lmao. Wipe one drive at a time with a USB connector. No thanks. I don’t have bulk drive operation equipment and then it ties up a computer doing the work.
cheesybuddha@lemmy.world 2 weeks ago
I think bolt cutters are faster though
bhamlin@lemmy.world 2 weeks ago
And significantly more power efficient
voytrekk@sopuli.xyz 2 weeks ago
But more wasteful
thermal_shock@lemmy.world 2 weeks ago
They’re 500gb mechanical hard drives with financial data on them. Snip and done. No time wasted, not reusing them.
Resonosity@lemmy.dbzer0.com 2 weeks ago
What’s dd?
toynbee@lemmy.world 2 weeks ago
A tool, primarily within Linux, that can overwrite disks. I’ve never seen it recommended for data deletion, but I guess it makes sense.
It stands for “disk to disk” and is usually used for things like writing ISOs.
However,
shredis the usual approach.moonpiedumplings@programming.dev 2 weeks ago
This is not truly foolproof. Data can still be recovered from the spinning metal platter since it can theoretically be removed and put into a recovery device, even in a broken state.
Im addition to that, hard drives/ssd’s have sometimes have small flash memory chips, from which data can sometimes be recovered.
If you want it to actually be unrecoverable then you have to actually ensure all parts thay store data are truly deleted/wiped. Or just use encryption and throw away the key. Or just store them forever in a vault.
thermal_shock@lemmy.world 2 weeks ago
Bud, if put that platter back together after I snipped it, you deserve every bit of data you got off it, 1000%
moonpiedumplings@programming.dev 2 weeks ago
It’s not that hard though. There are companies that offer data recovery as a service. If the value of the data on those drives exceeds the cost of those services then it becomes worth it to fish one of the drives out of the dumpster and take it there.
ThunderQueen@lemmy.world 2 weeks ago
Microwave it idk
blazeknave@lemmy.world 2 weeks ago
I think I’ve never disposed of one for this reason haha